In Afghanistan, the unexpected success of mobile apps in the face of Covid-19

"The coronavirus is like everything else in Afghanistan: we don't know what will fall on us, so we are doing our best!" From the premises of his start-up in Herat, in western Afghanistan, Saifuddin Sepehr makes a laconic report of the situation in his country, struggling with the pandemic which risks further derailing the economy. Still, his tone is lively. "If I manage to save my small business in the midst of the epidemic, it will be a sign that Afghanistan can come out of it too!"

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The picture is gloomy, however: while elsewhere the spread of the new coronavirus seems more or less under control, South Asia and certain areas of Central Asia still fear a peak of the epidemic, supposed to appear at the end of the year. 'summer. Afghanistan is one of the countries at risk of suffering the most from this disease: its health system is failing, not to say non-existent, in most of the country. And, in addition to the health consequences, the UN

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