Africa and the impending death of “COVID Theatre”
Many years ago when I was a preteen, I boarded my first flight during a family weekend getaway to Accra, Ghana. Kotoka International Airport in the 90s was a rather different place to its…
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Africa needs fresh $7.1trn to recover from pandemic – ECA
With its current population of 1.37 billion Africa will need a socio-economic stimulus worth $7.1 trillion to recover from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Antonio Pedro, deputy…
Survey shows 79% of Africans willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine
At least 79 percent of the African population would take a coronavirus vaccine with one in every five people across the continent still unsure of their readiness to take an injection, a…
Africa and the consequences of COVID-19
While the world mourns the thousands of lives lost due to the fierce blow dealt by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, Africa may have been spared the worst consequences. Factors such as…
COVID-19: African unity and the opportunity for a paradigm shift
Beyond its impact as an unprecedented global health crisis, which to date has in health terms impacted Europe and the USA far more than other regions, COVID-19 constitutes a major global…