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When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind – African proverb Background Globally, individuals are having to embrace a new world, which involves the … Read More
The negative implications of COVID-19 on international climate finance flows in Africa should be a wakeup call to African countries to shift from the model of oversees dependency, especially regarding … Read More
Nigeria’s quite proactive response to COVID-19 offers other African countries immense learning opportunities On Friday, February 28, Nigeria confirmed its index case of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), … Read More
African governments need to act now to ensure small-scale farming and food supply chains remain uninterrupted. We have only just begun to see the far-ranging consequences of the … Read More
The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of COVID-19 demand our individual and collective attention. The situation is critical. Yet … Read More
Covid-19 is like a drama in which each act eclipses the one before. First, it was Wuhan. Then it moved to Europe. Now it’s accelerating in the United States. … Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impose heavy human, financial, economic, and social costs on Africa. But the crisis also creates an opportunity to re-examine the continent’s fiscal and economic-policy … Read More
Only a global victory can end this pandemic, not a temporary rich countries’ win There is a major flaw in the strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Advanced … Read More
Whilst journalists and commentators have focussed recently on lessons from Asia in relation to the current Covid-19 pandemic, with some referencing pandemics that have hit Europe and North America in … Read More
Rather than imposing damaging and ineffective travel bans, African authorities should focus on mitigating the pandemic. In April 1914, as Europe was moving towards war, Dakar, the capital … Read More
