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Corona Chronicles: 20 April – 24 April

The US has surpassed China and Italy with the most cases of COVID-19, just as South Africa announces an easing of its lockdown with a five-level plan. This week, we look at how the global pandemic has affected the continent from news of a looming recession to moments of a medical breakthrough.

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BREAD AND BUTTER

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Coronavirus: South Africa to ease lockdown to level 4 as of 1 May says Ramaphosa

South Africa will gradually reopen the economy on 1 May, when its lockdown will be eased to level 4, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address late Thursday.

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medical diplomacy

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‘Coronavirus diplomacy’: China’s opportune time to aid Africa

China’s contribution to combatting COVID-19 around the globe has been striking. While Europe and the USA have become the epicentre of the pandemic in recent weeks, China is on the way to containing the new coronavirus (at least according to official statistics) at home. Its ability and willingness to offer humanitarian aid and lessons to other countries is generally welcomed.

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PRESIDENTIAL GRIEF

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Nigeria’s health and economic crisis: Buhari left to face it without Abba Kyari

Even for a battle-hardened general, it has been a week out of hell for President Muhammadu Buhari; one of those weeks in which decades happen in a matter of days.

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country of miracles

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Coronavirus: the miracle remedy touted by Madagascar’s Rajoelina

Madagascar’s president surprised many observers when he announced that certain traditional plants grown on the large island country have the potential to cure Covid-19. Was his mention of this African remedy based on the healing properties of traditional medicine premature given that it is still being studied?

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near collapse

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Coronavirus: Nigeria’s travel industry shaky after N180 billion loss from pandemic

Nigeria's fledgling tourism industry is losing money and many jobs are being cut as employees are unable to pay wages, raising fears that the industry could collapse by the time the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Employees work on a vehicle at the assembly line of Dacia Sandero cars at a factory operated by Somaca in Tangiers

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post-virus game

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A return to ‘business-as-usual’ will not benefit Africa in the long run

A few weeks ago, the mood was different. This was supposed to be Africa’s time yet again. Just like it was a decade ago when McKinsey declared Africa’s “Lions on the Move” - only for those hopes to disappear.

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fight back

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The G20’s action on debt is an important first step; now for the hard part

African countries, like others around the world, are contending with an unprecedented shock, which merits substantial and unconditional financial assistance in the spirit of Draghi’s “whatever it takes.”

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Cash is King

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Coronavirus: private equity liquidity management is key to pandemic

Liquidity management will decide which private equity investors in Africa are able to take advantage of the new opportunities created by the coronavirus pandemic.

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global fightback

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Interview: Bill Gates – ‘Coronavirus will cost far more than $3 trillion’

If anyone is allowed to say 'I told you so', it might be Bill Gates.

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Quest for transcendence

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Art in the time of coronavirus

In the midst of this pandemic, holed up in our homes, many forget that the world of art hasn’t taken a back seat. It continues to inspire, to express ideas and to capture moments to comfort or entertain us and make us think.

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