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Monday, 29 June 2020

The Long Haul

Morocco ripe for investment, says Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity CEO

Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is planning to make new investments in Morocco and would have done so already had COVID-19 not arrived, CEO ... Johnny El Hachem tells The Africa Report.

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Adesina/AfDB: Mary Robinson will lead governance review

Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, is to be part of the group reviewing the report of the AfDB Ethics Committee, which cleared Akinwumi ... Adesina in early May.

Friday, 26 June 2020

Frozen Out

Africa needs access to capital, but not at these rates – SouthBridge

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare Africa’s unsustainable borrowing arrangements and lack of access to capital markets, Hamet Aguemon, a partner ... at SouthBridge investment bank in Abidjan, tells The Africa Report.

President Muhammadu Buhari raises his fist during an inspection of honour guards on parade to mark Democracy Day in Abuja, on June 12, 2019

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Buhari’s COVID-19 economic plan: old wine in new wineskins

COVID-19 is increasingly wreaking havoc on the health of Nigerians, but its economic impact may well be more devastating. Before the pandemic, ... the Nigerian economy was growing at an anaemic rate of 2%. The country has also been suffering from high poverty and unemployment rates. This is paradoxical for a country endowed with humongous natural resources.

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Race against Time

Coronavirus: Africa leads vaccine quest with trials in Johannesburg

The launch of Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial is a crucial step in evaluating efficacy in different settings, Shabir Madhi, the professor ... of vaccinology who is leading the trial at the University of the Witwatersrand, tells The Africa Report.

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South Africa VS Coronavirus: Insurers face crisis of confidence

In this fifth part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa, we look at how insurers are facing a moment of truth that will shape ... the future of the industry.

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Wednesday, 24 June 2020

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tumbling white gold

Egypt VS Coronavirus : Cotton’s never-ending roller coaster

There is no question on how important cotton is to Egypt’s textile industry: it contributes to around 3% of the country’s GDP, employs 2.25 ... million- one third of its industrial labour force - to meet its demand of 180 000 tons. But after years of trade wars between US and China, and now a global pandemic, the cotton industry in Egypt will need time to recover from its losses. In this fourth part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on Egypt, we see how its prized 'white gold' will fare.

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Tuesday, 23 June 2020

BUDGET BLUES

South Africa VS Coronavirus: Public finances looking prickly

In the third part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa, we focus on its budget. South African tax revenue is expected to collapse, ... with under-collections projected in the range of R150bn-R250bn.

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Monday, 22 June 2020

Diworsified

South Africa VS Coronavirus: Banks risk facing more loss

In the second part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa, we focus on its banking industry. South Africa’s banks are strong ... enough to withstand the pressures of COVID-19 – but the pandemic has shown the limits of their model of geographical diversification.

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Senegalese President Macky Sall, who was at the opening of Blaise-Diagne airport on December 7, 2017.

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Biometric identification: a coveted African market

In a booming sector, international giants are winning most of the contracts related to digital and facial recognition. Pending the emergence ... of an African challenger.

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