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Coronavirus: Nigeria’s informal economy hit hard

Nigeria’s informal economy has grown considerably over the last decade. ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Angola

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Coronavirus: Reforms by Angola’s Lourenço helped mitigate effects of COVID-19

Big oil-producing countries have faced a double-hit in recent months: the sudden drop in prices of oil and the economic impact of the global ... pandemic. In the case of Angola, which entered both crises with an already weakened economy, how are its prospects looking? The Africa Report speaks to Sergio Pugliese, the Executive President for the African Energy Chamber (AEC), to find out.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference at his office in Addis Ababa

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Ethiopia: Indefinite postponement of polls raising political tempers

Ethiopia's decision to postpone its August 2020 elections indefinitely has raised political temperatures in the country, as both the government ... and opposition parties accuse each other of attempting a power grab.

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POLITICAL PANDEMIC

Coronavirus: ‘People’s vaccine’ campaigners claim victory at WHO summit

The campaign for a vaccine against the cororonavirus to be recognised as a global public good – patent-free, produced at scale and internationally ... available – is making headway. But progress is complicated by geopolitical rivalries between China and the United States as well as business interests.

course change

South Africa’s COVID-19 strategy needs updating: here’s why and how

Decision-making at the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (the coronavirus causing COVID-19) was constrained by a paucity of medical evidence ... and epidemiological data. Knowledge gained over the past two months can therefore inform the next phase of the strategy.

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Nigeria VS Coronavirus: Corporate governance over capital strength

Corporate governance rather than capital strength is the main challenge facing Nigerian regulators and banks grappling with lending exposure ... to the country’s oil producers. In the second story of our series, we look at the impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria's economy as it considers the outlook for banks who have lent to oil producers.

Virus Nigeria Outbreak

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‘I am hoping the government has learnt from this pandemic,’ Nigerian Medical Association

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is the largest medical association in West Africa, with over 40,000 members in the 36 states and the Federal ... Capital Territory, and about 19,000 members in the diaspora. The Africa Report speaks to its president about Nigeria's handling of the pandemic and what needs to be improved now and beyond.

Kenya Africa Locust Outbreak

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Hopping to another crisis: Locusts and coronavirus in East Africa

As if taken from the playbook of an infuriated deity, buzzing black clouds cast shadows across countless fields in rural Ethiopia. ...

Article 1/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 18 May – 22 May"

Andela

from bad to worse

Coronavirus: Andela, in search of a model, experiences run of bad luck

The pandemic has increased uncertainty among the start-up’s leaders as to the strategy to adopt to meet the needs of its market. ...

Virus Outbreak South Africa Daily Life

MIXED HARVEST

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"

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