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12 May 2020
www.vanguardngr.com
Across the continent, industrialization is arguably the most talked-about subject among policymakers. So why has action on the ground failed to move the needle on this important development marker? Why have we never pushed for African style economic imperialism?
12 May 2020
www.urban-fusions.fr
Un fossoyeur de 75 ans au Nigéria a creusé 40 fosses funéraires chaque nuit au milieu des craintes d’une épidémie dévastatrice de coronavirus en Afrique.
12 May 2020
www.mirror.co.uk
A 75-year-old gravedigger in Nigeria has been digging 40 burial pits every night amid fears of a devastating coronavirus outbreak in Africa.
12 May 2020
www.aa.com.tr
Number of coronavirus cases in the African continent reached 66,373 with 3,048 new infections over the past 24 hours, said the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday.
12 May 2020
www.plenglish.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) looks forward to the day after Covid-19 and forsees the reorientation of the continent's economies, which so far have accumulated almost 2,360 deaths from the disease.
12 May 2020
www.webmanagercenter.com
Le retard de la mise en œuvre effective de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA) offre une fenêtre d’opportunité pour une réflexion créative sur la façon dont cet accord peut être reconfiguré pour refléter les nouvelles réalités et les risques du 21ème siècle. C’est en tout cas ce que pense le directeur de la division de l’intégration régionale et du commerce à la Commission...
12 May 2020
https://maghrebemergent.info
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) a publié un nouveau rapport relatif aux diverses stratégies de déconfinement des pays africains pour sortir de la crise de coronavirus (COVID-19) suite aux mesures de confinement destinées à éradiquer le virus mais avec des conséquences économiques dévastatrices.
12 May 2020
https://thenewdawnliberia.com
Amid multifold theories and disinformation spreading around the COVID-19 in Africa, it is important for African governments to consider strengthening the existing health systems and infrastructures, and allocate substantial funds for health research and production of basic equipment, for attaining sustainable development goals set in the African Agenda 2063, according to experts.
12 May 2020
www.downtoearth.org.in
Africa can lose up to 2.5 per cent of its annual gross domestic product (GDP), equivalent to about $65.7 billion, for every month of lockdown imposed to control the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, according to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) estimates released on May 11.
12 May 2020
www.myjoyonline.com
The whole world is in comatose. Initially viewed as a public health concern, the emergence of Coronavirus (Covid–19) is taking an economic dimension with unprecedented economic effects on countries.
12 May 2020
https://northafricapost.com
Morocco’s leading phosphate company OCP and the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) have struck a partnership to improve farmers’ access to fertilizers at affordable prices.
11 May 2020
https://intpolicydigest.org
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, finally gave in to pressure when he announced the gradual easing of lockdown measures in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun in a televised speech on April 27.
11 May 2020
french.peopledaily.com.cn
11 May 2020
www.modernghana.com
11 May 2020
www.orfonline.org
On 15 April 2020, G20 Finance Ministers took a decision to suspend the debt service payments for the world’s poorest economies in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. This would apply till the end of the year. This is expected to absolve these countries of debt servicing of nearly $20 billion and allow them to better face the impact of the pandemic.
11 May 2020
www.lepoint.fr
Les gouvernements du monde entier sont confrontés au défi majeur de mettre en œuvre des stratégies de sortie de la crise sanitaire. En Afrique, la Commission économique pour l'Afrique basée à Addis-Abeba y a réfléchi ces derniers jours avec un débat autour d'experts et un rapport intitulé « Covid-19. Stratégies de déconfinement pour l'Afrique », publié ce dimanche 10 mai.
11 May 2020
https://thebusiness24online.net
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has estimated that a full one-month lockdown across Africa would cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), equivalent to about US$65.7bn per month.
11 May 2020
https://ouestaf.com
Le continent perd environ 2,5% de son produit intérieur brut (Pib) après chaque mois de confinement, soit 65 milliards de dollars, a déclaré Mme Vera Songwe, la secrétaire exécutif de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA).
11 May 2020
www.bloomberg.com
African finance ministers started talks with private creditors to find a way to temporarily suspend debt payments without triggering defaults.
11 May 2020
www.ghanaweb.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has estimated that a full one-month lockdown across Africa would cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), equivalent to about US$65.7bn per month.
11 May 2020
www.dailymaverick.co.za
Africans want no part of the geopolitical gamesmanship between the US, China and Cuba being played out by the Trump administration, or of a rerun of the Cold War on the continent. They want instead to leverage good relations with both the US and China. For now, what Africa needs most is a co-ordinated and effective multilateral response to this emergency.
11 May 2020
www.lopinion.ma
Selon des estimations de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA-ONU), institution basée à Addis-Abeba (Ethiopie), le continent africain perd environ 2,5% de son PIB en un mois de confinement, soit 65 milliards de dollars. C’est qui ressort d’un débat mondial en ligne initié, récemment, par la CEA-ONU sur les stratégies de déconfinement de l’Afrique face au Covid-19.