The economic and social disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has eroded the progress that had been made in the economic performance of most developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, unemployment soared largely due to the negative impact of policies designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
According to the economic survey report released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the economic performance in the third quarter of 2020 remained depressed, but relatively better compared with the second quarter of 2020. Real GDP was estimated to have contracted by 1.1 percent in the second quarter compared with a growth of 5.8percent in the corresponding quarter of 2019.
