The initiative getting girls into swimming in Kenya
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Focus on Africa hears from Umra Omar, the Co-Founder of the Pamoja Initiative. Their project Girls Swimming for Change has won a 2020 Beyond Sport Global Award for their work in Lamu Island in Kenya.
Plus, Seychelles president Wavel Ramkalawan tells Focus on Africa why he wanted to receive the Covid-19 vaccine live on television.
And Zambian music star Roberto tells DJ Edu about the surprising collaboration opportunities the pandemic has thrown up.
(Photo: Kizingoni Beach on Lamu Island, Kenya; Credit: Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
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