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Waiving Covid-19 vaccine patent would speed up production, says Afreximbank’s Fofack

African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) chief economist Hippolyte Fofack supports a proposal from India and South Africa to waive patents on ... Covid-19 vaccines to make it easier to produce them in developing countries.

good taxes

Four steps to develop a post-Covid African tax system

Introducing property tax, agricultural VAT and a tax revenue agency are just some of the strong ideas advocated by economists Rabah Arezki (AfDB) ... and Grégoire Rota-Graziosi (International Development Research Centre) to establish a modern African fiscal policy.

Tanzania's President Magufuli

About-Turn

Tanzania: Will Magufuli’s U-turn on Covid restore regional faith in the country?

Tanzania, the largest East African country, is hurting its standing in the region due to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Will President ... John Magufuli's recent U-turn make a difference?

Post-Brexit Britain

Africa-UK: Business as usual

Some 15 heads of state and government travelled to London to partake in the “New Partnership” proposal put forward by Britain's Prime Minister ... Boris Johnson.

Coronavirus top stories

universal shot

Is a Covid vaccine against all variants possible? Immunologist Lbachir BenMohamed believes so

New team

DRC: President Tshisekedi finally forms a government

popular delicacy

Africa: All the buzz about edible insects

universal shot

Is a Covid vaccine against all variants possible? Immunologist Lbachir BenMohamed believes so

New team

DRC: President Tshisekedi finally forms a government

popular delicacy

Africa: All the buzz about edible insects

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Several possible solutions

Africa: What is the best way to ensure the continent’s post-Covid recovery?

African business and political leaders – from Senegal's Macky Sall and Franco-Ivorian financier Tidiane Thiam to the International Monetary ... Fund's (IMF) Abebe Selassie – do not agree on the continent's priorities for post-Covid economic growth.

Open for Business

Ecobank Nigeria’s bond sale shows African corporate debt markets open for business

Africa's first non-sovereign bond of 2021 shows that prospects for Nigeria's economic growth can pull in investors, Ecobank Nigeria managing ... director Patrick Akinwuntan tells The Africa Report.

Déjà-vu?

Morocco : Why Casablanca Stock Exchange is worried about 2021

Despite having managed to contain the losses of 2020, the Moroccan market is expecting further falls in the months to come. ...

SAILING ALONG

Lockdowns lock out Africa from trade stimulus bonanza, says Maersk

Maersk navigated the rough supply chain shocks delivered by Covid-19 to post a profit of $2.9bn for 2020 and generated almost $40bn in revenue, ... but experienced volume contractions in Africa.

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time

‘Kenya may be shooting itself in the foot’ with digital services tax, Fedha CEO says

Kenya’s tax on digital services risks stifling the development of the country's high-tech sector, Dhruv Pandit, CEO of Kenyan real-estate company ... Fedha, tells The Africa Report.

Data Lifeline

South Africa’s Teraco eyes data centres in Nigeria and Kenya

Teraco Data Environments, Africa’s largest data centre provider, is considering expanding to Nigeria and Kenya, CEO Jan Hnizdo tells The Africa ... Report.

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