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Food delivery rider carrying a backpack filled with hot food for delivery. [Getty Images]
Every day, thousands of delivery riders crisscross Kenya's busy streets and highways, ferrying food, groceries and other essentials to customers.
Yet behind the speed and convenience that define Kenya's growing gig economy lies a profession marked by significant risks, including road accidents, security threats and mechanical breakdowns.
It is within this reality that a new partnership between emergency response technology platform AURA and on-demand delivery company Glovo Kenya hopes to address.
