With drones, masks innovators keep Covid-hit economies afloat

Export Processing Zone (EPZ) staff make face masks and personal protective equipment at EPZ Athi River to be used in fighting Covid-19. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

From contracts such as disinfecting markets and schools to making hand sanitisers, some traders are making a kill.

Ghanaian pilot Eric Acquah started a drone company in 2017 to spray crops with pesticides, but when coronavirus hit the West African country he found a new mission - saving lives.