Coronavirus

A member of local hygiene services wears a protective suit and a face mask as he disinfects the street and market to stop the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dakar

call to action

Africa faces a coronavirus catastrophe The international community cannot stand idle as the coronavirus, national self-interest and trade wars amongst major powers derail growth on the cont...
John Nkengasong, Africa’s Director of the Centers for Disease Control, speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa

continental response

Coronavirus: “We’ve gone from looming threat to looming disaster” “In the first week of February, there were only two countries that had diagnostic capacity – Senegal and South Africa – but through our coordinated pa...
Mbackiou Faye, representative of the Caliph General of the Mourides, seen on a screen of a mobile phone, speaks to journalists at the Grand Mosque Massalikoul Djinane after the Friday prayer in Dakar

corona chronicles

Journalism in a time of coronavirus We hope that – wherever this reaches you – that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe.
Gyude Moore

Talking Africa podcast

Coronavirus: 5 key lessons from the 2014 Ebola outbreak Coronavirus: 5 lessons from Liberia’s Ebola crisis, from W. Gyude Moore

Coronavirus top stories

© Prudential sees health insurance as a growth market in Africa. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Stress Test

Premium badgePrudential says business growing across Africa, to roll out health-insurance app Global insurer Prudential has seen growth in premiums and numbers of policies sold across Africa this year, Eddie Brown, head of francophone Africa, t...
Streetlights illuminate the central business district in Cape Town

Red Tape Artists

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Tour operators sound the alert as bureaucracy chokes recovery South Africa risks shooting itself in the foot as regulatory failings for the licensing of tour operators cripple the industry’s capacity to respond t...

fears revived

Premium badgeShould we stop making a fuss about African debt? The economic consequences of the Covid-19 crisis have revived fears about the indebtedness of African countries. Is this alarmism justified? We invest...

Coronavirus top stories

© Prudential sees health insurance as a growth market in Africa. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Stress Test

Premium badgePrudential says business growing across Africa, to roll out health-insurance app Global insurer Prudential has seen growth in premiums and numbers of policies sold across Africa this year, Eddie Brown, head of francophone Africa, t...
Streetlights illuminate the central business district in Cape Town

Red Tape Artists

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Tour operators sound the alert as bureaucracy chokes recovery South Africa risks shooting itself in the foot as regulatory failings for the licensing of tour operators cripple the industry’s capacity to respond t...

fears revived

Premium badgeShould we stop making a fuss about African debt? The economic consequences of the Covid-19 crisis have revived fears about the indebtedness of African countries. Is this alarmism justified? We invest...

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A Saudi policeman prays in front of the deserted Kaaba in Mecca on 7 March 2020 © AP Photo/Amr Nabil /Sipa

twin visions

God, the Saudis and the coronavirus “A personal, capricious God who intervenes at every moment all over the world, from helping Messi score a penalty kick to infecting certain countries ...
Angola’s Finance Minister Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves

finance fightback

Angola: Finance Minister Vera Daves has one of Africa’s toughest jobs Angola’s finance minister Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves talks to us about preparing for coronavirus impacts, debt, corruption, and the privatisation...
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele.

small bore

Nigerian Central Bank’s economic package is “too tiny to matter” Nigeria’s central bank will need to strengthen its policy response to coronavirus to play a meaningful part in supporting the economy.
Fann University Hospital in Dakar in August 2014.

home truths

Coronavirus: “It would be suicidal for Africa not to learn the lessons from Europe.”
Italy Virus Outbreak

soft power

Coronavirus: U.S. vs. China in the battle of perceptions The US has given $37m to help fight coronavirus in Africa. It gave $2.3bn to fight Ebola. — “The fact that China is getting more attention for its rec...
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Illusory Control

African Stock Markets: The Show Must Go On Africa can’t afford to follow the Philiippines and Sri Lanka in suspending stock trading in the coronavirus crash. — ““The risk is that [shutting stoc...