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As we come to the season finale of GumzoAfrica+ Podcast, we just want to thank you all for listening to our debut season. You have listened to us even as we learn the ropes of podcasting. Now that we have the right tool, resources & tricks, it's only fair that we hit the refresh button. 

This May/18th/2020 we start Season 2 .

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When Fishermen Can't Go To The Sea, They Use That Time To Mend Their Nets.

While for some in the community, the requirement to work at home may not be difficult to achieve, for many workers in a number of sectors and industries, being at home will mean no work and perhaps feelings of isolation, confusion and disengagement.

For those working in the early learning sector, working from home simply isn’t possible. ECEC is a profession which requires educators, carers and leaders to be physically present. In the event of a workplace closure, many educators would find themselves wondering how to remain engaged and connected with the sector.

Sadly, for the casual workforce, a closure would mean a loss of income which may be difficult to recover from. This can be an unsettling and confusing time for not only for staff, but also for children and for families. While this is a time of fear and uncertainty, it may also be a time when educators can use isolation and a step back from the traditional functions of their roles to regroup, and emerge as stronger professionals.

The ECEC sector has a workforce that often places the welfare and needs of others above their own, so it is not unusual that for many, the first thoughts are with children and their families. That said, the analogy of “fitting your own mask first” is not just relevant for flight attendants. In order to give to others, we must have emotional and physical energy ourselves.

Thinking of “fitting our own masks first”, and using a strengths based perspective, a proverb comes to mind – ‘when fishermen cannot go to sea, they mend their nets’.

In its simplest terms, the proverb reminds us that there will be times in our lives where we may not be able to do things we have always done, in the way we have always done them. That doesn’t, however, mean that we should simply sit around, feeling sad, or being idle.

The idea of ‘mending the net’ means using those downtimes to reinvigorate the “tools of the trade”. For those who work in ECEC, mending the net might mean meeting needs for physical, social and emotional wellness. It might mean learning more, learning deeply, or learning differently.

Listed below are some ideas, but by no means an exhaustive list, of how an enforced time away from work may be professionally valuable.

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A year after its much heralded debut on the New York Stock Exchange, e-commerce start-up Jumia has shut down in three African states, struggled to turn a profit and got dumped by its original owners, writes former BBC Africa Business editor Larry Madowo.

The two CEOs of Jumia announced earlier this month that they were taking a 25% pay cut to support the online retailer manage costs during the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2019, the duo and the company's chief financial officer collectively earned $5.3m (£4.27m) in base salaries and one-time bonuses. But Jumia's losses rose 34% to $246m, the eighth straight year without profits.

A silver lining arrived with lockdowns that shut down much economic activity but led to a surge in online shopping. Before the rush, the African online retailer had ended last year with 6.1 million active consumers on its websites, up from 4 million previously.

As the virus spread, Jumia expanded grocery and sanitary offerings, introduced contactless delivery options and promoted cashless payments. It also started selling essential items in South Africa using its fashion retail subsidiary Zando's infrastructure.

The two Frenchmen who run Jumia as co-CEOs, Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec, reduced their salaries just days before the first anniversary of its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Full article available here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52439546

Kenyan Government Sends Flowers To Doctors & Nurses In The UK. In this episode we try & make sense out of a situation that made many Kenyans go bonkers on social media.