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Coronavirus

A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra

Testing times

Coronavirus spreads across the world and hits the Nigerian megacity of Lagos

Coronavirus has been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria. The first patient is an Italian who was returning to the country from Milan. ...

A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra,

hard times

Coronavirus: Africa braces for the economic impact of China slump

How will African economies weather the impact of the coronavirus? 'Buckle up' says Jeremy Stevens, the Chief China Economist at Standard Bank ... in Beijing.

A medical staff wears protective gear at a new section specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus at The Quinquinie Hospital in Douala,

threat map

Coronavirus Africa map: Which countries are most at risk?

A map has been created to illustrate the continent’s most at-risk countries for the coronavirus and those best equipped to fend off the ... epidemic.

Temperature check at a supermarket in Wuhan.

one-way ticket

Coronavirus: Evacuation debate over African citizens in Wuhan

The increasingly desperate pleas from African students to be evacuated from the epicenter of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China raises ... broader, thornier questions about how Africa should deal with its colonial past.

Coronavirus top stories

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Back to Bongo

Gabon: Corruption, succession, elections… President Bongo opens up

Equity Bank's Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi is seen during a Reuters interview in Nairobi

Banking on Recovery

South African and Kenyan banks may beat Nigeria to post-Covid recovery

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Back to Bongo

Gabon: Corruption, succession, elections… President Bongo opens up

Equity Bank's Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi is seen during a Reuters interview in Nairobi

Banking on Recovery

South African and Kenyan banks may beat Nigeria to post-Covid recovery

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China Sneezes

Coronavirus and the case for shorting China-exposed South African stocks

Sharp falls in South African shares as the coronavirus global health emergency worsens are prompting some investors to consider short-selling ... strategies.

Roads Less Travelled

Accor Hotels targets South Africa for expansion as arrivals slow

Accor Hotels wants to increase its presence in South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria and Cameroon as it banks on the rise of Africa’s middle class, ... Mark Willis, CEO for Africa and the Middle East, told The Africa Report.

energy crunch

Nigeria dependence on oil revenue underlined by coronavirus

The fast spreading coronavirus from China is threatening Nigeria’s primary source of revenue, oil. ...

cleared for takeoff

Ethiopian Airlines gambles brand equity by continuing to fly to China

Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to continue operating direct flights to China amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak threatens to erode the airline’s ... hard-won brand equity.

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Kenya braces for a tough economic year, despite growth predictions

After a period of sustained economic growth, the East African economic giant is struggling to balance its looming debt repayments, global and ... regional shifts, and a struggling private sector.

missed connection

Coronavirus: Africa puts China in quarantine

Royal Air Maroc, RwandAir, Kenya Airways ... Six out of eight African airlines with flights to China have suspended flights to and from ... China.

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