Coronavirus

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Crawling Peg

Nigeria needs managed depreciation to limit coronavirus, oil double whammy Nigeria needs to allow its currency to depreciate – or risk being backed into sharp devaluation.
© Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto L) attend the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

old friends

Ruto’s pending impeachment ruffles feathers of Kenya’s elite The Kenyatta – Odinga reconciliation has provoked death by a thousand cuts for Deputy President Ruto — A suspect arms deal, a murdered security office...
© A worker cleans gold bars at South Africa’s Gold Fields South Deep mine in Westonaria south-west of Johannesburg. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Yellow Peril

South Africa: Why Gold has not risen more on Coronavirus
A hospital in Zimbabwe this month

worldwide pandemic

Coronavirus: “If we were to enter the next stage, Africa would quickly be overwhelmed”

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 Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Kenya Airways at Nairobi airport.

air sick

Coronavirus breaks Asian momentum of African airlines
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari

economic troubles

Nigeria: Buhari’s multiple headaches The crash in global oil prices threatens to push Nigeria towards recession — Experts say the Nigerian economy is in danger
A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field

low flow

How coronavirus and the global oil price war can impact Nigeria Low oil prices are dangerous for Nigeria; but it should take the opportunity to reform petrol subsidies and the ECA — Nigerias Central Bank set a $30b...
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Value Destruction

Intu shows South African investors must watch debt when abroad
An EGYPTAIR flight crew member wears a protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during service on the flight from Cairo to Luxor

number crunching

Africa and Coronavirus: three charts to better understand the epidemic Understanding the Africa impact of Coronavirus in 3 charts: severity, transmissibility and lethality. — “No health system in the world is ready to dea...

talking africa podcast

Coronavirus impact: “The naira is gone. It’s just a question of when” [#Podcast] Coronavirus, debt and locusts have created a perfect storm for Africa, which will hit commodity-exporters and weak currencies hard argues @...