Elsa Majimbo, the crisp-eating, straight-talking star of Kenya's Covid-19 lockdown

The 19-year-old journalism student has won herself a huge audience on Instagram with irreverent takes on life, money and fame

Crisp-crunching, straight-talking and unabashedly fond of fame, 19-year-old Kenyan student Elsa Majimbo has become an unlikely hero of the coronavirus pandemic. Viral videos filmed in her bedroom while under lockdown in Nairobi - during which she updates followers on her search for a boyfriend and warns her future child that they will never be given a car (You have legs. Two in fact.") - have made Majimbo a social media star.

Ever since corona started we've all been in isolation," one of her most famous videos begins, seeming as though it will continue with a heartfelt message.