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Coronavirus: South African Distell trying to curb hit from pandemic

Distell has toasted the performance of its Kenyan operations, while it is mulling the sale of two premium wine farms and other cost-reduction ... measures in South Africa as it grapples with COVID-19 restrictions.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 18 May – 22 May"

Laundry List

Ghana: up enforcement to avoid EU money-laundering blacklist

Raising the game on enforcement is the only way for Ghana to escape the EU’s money-laundering blacklist. ...

losing altitude

Ghana: John Mahama splashed by Airbus corruption affair

Relatives of the former president are implicated in an investigation into the corruption scandal that has shaken European aeronautics giant Airbus. ... The revelations come at a bad time for John Dramani Mahama, who is taking a fresh run at the presidency this year.

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Accra

Fighting back

Coronavirus: Is Ghana winning the fight against the pandemic?

In the fight against containing the impact of the coronavirus, one country appears to be winning the battle through swift reactivity and pragmatism. ... What has been the winning combination to Ghana’s approach?

long-haul recovery

Social infrastructure investment, a development priority in Africa

If we live with COVID-19 for a while, even the richest countries will need to find a way of protecting the worst-off: the urban poor, disconnected ... farmers, students and the vulnerable.

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Gulf of Guinea crews more valuable to pirates than unsold oil

A glut of cheap oil that won’t be quickly sold raises the dangers of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, already the planet’s most dangerous place ... for maritime kidnappings

Somali families flee to capital, fearing U.S. airstrikes

record displaced

Record 50.8 million internally displaced persons in 2019 – report

In its annual report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) says nearly 46 million people, almost twice the global number of refugees, ... have been uprooted within their own countries due to conflict and violence, and more than five million more as a result of natural disasters.

ECOWAS digitised

Coronavirus: ECOWAS appoints Buhari as pandemic response ‘champion’

The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held an extraordinary session via videoconference on 23 April to discuss the impact of ... the Covid-19 pandemic on the sub-region. The meeting notably resulted in the appointment of Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari as the organisation’s COVID-19 response coordinator.

Article 7/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 27 April – 30 April"

Eco vision

The Eco: a real test for West African vision and governance

Some commentators are only just realising that the CFA Franc is not compatible with the economic emergence of French-speaking Africa. The announcement ... on 21 December in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire of the imminent end of the CFA franc and its replacement by the Eco has certainly loosened up thinking.

ensuring insurance

One size fits all doesn’t make sense

Targeted regulations across Africa's insurance markets and the markets that companies want to invest in are necessary. A 'one size fits all' ... approach can't work says the CEO of Allianz Africa.

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