ANALYSIS | X- Raying Kano’s response to COVID-19
Considering the sheer size of its population, many fear Nigeria’s inability to break COVID-19’s chain of community transmission in Kano may pose a grave danger to the country’s war against … Read More
Tag: COVID-19
OP-ED | How COVID-19 is impacting finance flows for climate resilience in Africa, By John Kasiita Ssemulema
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
ANALYSIS | African Countries’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic – The Case of Nigeria
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
Implementation of AfCFTA deal postponed due to COVID-19 disruptions
The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Wamkele Mene said on Tuesday that implementation of the free trade agreement will not be able to commence on … Read More
OP-ED | A pandemic-driven food crisis in Africa can be prevented, By Cedric Habiyaremye
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
OP-ED | Time to Act! 80+ African intellectuals admonish African leaders on COVID-19
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: African governments urged to be transparent, prioritize vulnerable groups
The Africa We Want project consortium, an alliance of prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSO) working to advance the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance … Read More
ECOWAS leaders hold extraordinary summit on COVID-19
The Reporterity of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Thursday held an extraordinary session through videoconference, during which the leaders jointly appointed President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria as champion of … Read More
Malaria Day 2020: WHO calls for sustenance of anti-Malaria campaigns, protection of communities against COVID-19
As the global community observe the 2020 World Malaria Day on Saturday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has underlined the critical importance of sustaining efforts to prevent, detect and treat … Read More
Speak Up Africa launches continental campaign against COVID-19
Speak Up Africa, the Dakar, Senegal-based nonprofit working to catalyze dialogues, drive policy changes and create awareness on health and sanitation issues in Africa, has launched a continent-wide campaign against COVID-19 … Read More