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20 May 2020
www.lejecos.com
20 May 2020
thebusiness24online.net
20 May 2020
www.thisdaylive.com
In spite of the relatively low numbers of infection and death on the Continent, Africa may eventually be overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said last week that about 250,000 million people in Africa would be infected with the deadly viral disease out of which some 190,000 could die in the first 12 months.
20 May 2020
https://guardian.ng
Though the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been suspended, the Director of regional integration and trade at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Stephen Karingi, has said the trade deal could help African economies recover from the impact of COVID-19.
20 May 2020
www.businessghana.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private Sector Working Group and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 as the search continues for solutions to ensure African economies enjoy continued market access and meet their private sector debt service obligations.
19 May 2020
www.africa-newsroom.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private Sector Working Group and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 as the search continues for solutions to ensure African economies enjoy continued market access and meet their private sector debt service obligations.
19 May 2020
www.capitalfm.co.ke
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private Sector Working Group and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 as the search continues for solutions to ensure African economies enjoy continued market access and meet their private sector debt service obligations.
19 May 2020
https://news.abidjan.net
Les ministres africains des finances, le Groupe de travail africain sur le secteur privé et l’Envoyé spécial de l’Union africaine sur le COVID-19, se sont réunis lundi, à l’initiative de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) pour tenter de trouver des solutions, afin de s’assurer que les économies africaines continuent de jouir d’un accès continu aux marchés et s’...
19 May 2020
www.africanreview.com/
The UN Economic Commission for Africa is helping to bring unique African products and their promoters to the Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) in a practical COVID-19 response move
19 May 2020
https://actucameroun.com/
C’est l’une des décisions majeures prises par la Banque centrale pour soutenir les efforts de sous région en ces temps de crise sanitaire.
19 May 2020
https://atcnews.org/
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) yesterday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private Sector Working Group and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 as the search continues for solutions to ensure African economies enjoy continued market access and meet their private sector debt service obligations.
19 May 2020
www.laquotidienne.ma
L’Afrique est confrontée, comme les autres continents, aux chocs sanitaires, économiques et sociaux induits par la pandémie de la Covid-19.
19 May 2020
https://africaneyereport.com
It is the era of Covid-19, when lockdowns are the order of the African day and business disruption is most pressing economic repercussion.
19 May 2020
www.seneplus.com
La pédagogie du déconfinement doit s’appuyer sur une communication simple et claire, constituer une action en amont des mesures au lieu de rester au niveau d’un simple catalogue d’informations quotidiennes sans implication de la cible
19 May 2020
www.un.org
The annual Africa Dialogue Series (ADS) will take place from 20 to 22 May 2020. This year, the event will be conducted virtually in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
19 May 2020
fr.cameroonmagazine.com
19 May 2020
https://thepoint.gm
Although the coronavirus was slow to reach the African continent—with the exception of Comoros Island and Lesotho— nearly every country in Africa has recorded cases of the covid-19 and it is spreading rapidly according to the WHO.
19 May 2020
https://actucameroun.com/
Les ripostes face au Covid-19 en Afrique doivent être sensibles au genre pour éviter les inégalités et la discrimination à l’égard des groupes vulnérables.
19 May 2020
www.commodafrica.com
La plate-forme électronique de commerce mondial (eWTP) lancée par le fondateur Jack Ma du groupe chinois Alibaba lancée en 2016 en Chine puis en Afrique avec le premier hub au Rwanda créé en 2018 et le deuxième en Ethiopie en 2019, devrait monter encore en puissance sur le continent a indiqué Vera Songwe, Secrétaire générale adjointe de l’ONU et secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique...
18 May 2020
www.digitalbusiness.africa
Afin de réfléchir et préparer ce futur incertain bouleversé par la pandémie mondiale du COVID-19, le New York Forum Institute (NYF-Institute) organise une table ronde virtuelle de haut niveau ce 19 mai 2020 sur le thème : » Pour un monde résilient : l’appel de l’Afrique en faveur d’une nouvelle gouvernance mondiale« .
18 May 2020
https://fr.allafrica.com
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) a convoqué, ce lundi, une réunion entre les ministres africains des finances, le Groupe de travail africain sur le secteur privé et l'Envoyé spécial de l'Union africaine sur le COVID-19 alors que les pays africains tentent de trouver des solutions pour s'assurer que les économies africaines continuent de jouir d...
18 May 2020
https://theowp.org/
As the effects of COVID-19 are starting to take root in Africa, a pernicious trend has materialized: the pandemic is having a disproportionate effect on the health, security, and prosperity of African women.
18 May 2020
www.vivafrik.com
Imaginez n’avoir besoin que d’une seconde pour vendre trois mille (3 000) paquets de café, restés jusqu’ici dans les entrepôts du Rwanda pendant des mois en raison de la paralysie du fret résultant du confinement mondial face au COVID-19 !
18 May 2020
https://allafrica.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private Sector Working Group and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 as the search continues for solutions to ensure African economies enjoy continued market access and meet their private sector debt service obligations.