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Coronavirus

At the Sharp End

Nigeria: Businesses need lower interest rates to kick-start recovery

Nigeria’s government needs to help businesses stricken by the economic impact of COVID-19 by reducing interest rates, Chris Okoro, CEO of engineering ... services company Interlinked Technologies Plc, tells The Africa Report.

capital drought

China to cut back lending to Africa in the post-COVID-19 era

Chinese infrastructure lending to African countries is widely expected to slow over the next 1-2 years amid mounting debt sustainability concerns. This ... would mark a dramatic change over the past twenty years when Beijing emerged as a key source of development finance that helped Africa close its gaping $100 billion-a-year infrastructure deficit.

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Deep Junk

South Africa downgrades leave banks losing war of attrition

South Africa’s drift further into junk means it’s time for investors to bail out of the country’s banks. ...

Inspirational Dissatisfaction

Africa’s insurance fails to deliver on COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the need for the African insurance sector to demonstrate its critical role in supporting people and ... businesses. The pandemic has been the most severe risk event in Africa in years, but many insurers have not delivered on their promise.

Agony Prolonged

South Africa: Santam to appeal court’s verdict on COVID-19 claims

South Africa’s largest general insurer Santam says it will appeal this week’s judgement by the Western Cape High Court that it must pay business ... interruption claims resulting from COVID-19.

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Small Business Victory

As Santam loses COVID-19 claims case, reinsurers call the shots

A South African high court decision that the country’s largest general insurer Santam is liable for COVID-19 business interruption claims represents ... victory at a high cost.

Malls of the Future

Click and Collect can reshape African E-commerce, Grit Real Estate says

Click and collect has the potential to reduce last-mile delivery costs of e-commerce and so produce a viable rental stream for African property ... investors, Grit Real Estate Chief Strategy Officer Darren Veenhuis tells The Africa Report.

Attack Channels

Africa: Boost insurance growth through mobile phone partners

Prudential is seeking new partnerships with mobile phone companies to extend its African insurance distribution network, Matt Lilley, CEO of ... Prudential Africa, tells The Africa Report.

Remote Control

Gateway Real Estate Africa seeks over $200m for property development

Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA) will seek to raise more than $200m in equity early in 2021 to help develop its property pipeline, CEO Greg ... Pearson tells The Africa Report.

Virus Outbreak South Africa Daily Life

mitigating a second wave

South Africa: Necessary measures needed to avoid Covid resurgence

South Africa’s stringent lockdown earlier this year may have saved lives by containing the spread of COVID-19. New COVID-19 infections have ... been declining and lockdown restrictions relaxed. But this has triggered fears of a new wave of infections.

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