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1 May 2020
www.urdupoint.com
1 May 2020
southerntimesafrica.com
1 May 2020
www.jeuneafrique.com
30 April 2020
www.dailymaverick.co.za
Covid-19 is now an irrevocable part of living and dying and it seems disingenuous to imagine a ‘post’ coronavirus era.
30 April 2020
www.trtworld.com
The lives versus livelihoods dilemma is stark on the African continent and requires a localised approach.
30 April 2020
www.standardmedia.co.ke
In 2019, Africa remained the leading destination of Kenya’s exports accounting for 37.6 per cent of the total exports at Sh224.2 billion, with exports to East African Community partner states, accounting for 62.6 per cent of the total exports to Africa. This is according to the recent economic survey 2020 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
30 April 2020
https://reliefweb.int
The Catholic aid agency, CAFOD, has launched an urgent appeal to respond to the unprecedented global challenge of tackling the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.
30 April 2020
https://guardian.ng
According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the AfCFTA is, by the number of participating countries, the largest trade agreement since the formation of the World Trade Organisation. Its implementation will form a $3.4 trillion economic bloc with 1.3 billion people across the continent.
30 April 2020
www.eesc.europa.eu
29 April 2020
https://guardian.ng
With China’s influence towering higher than that of the West, there are diverse opinions about the Asian tiger’s gifts and its Silk Road initiative. Opponents accuse China of using the opportunity to access raw materials like oil, iron, copper and zinc that it urgently needs to fuel its own economy.
29 April 2020
www.pmnewsnigeria.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has joined the mourning train over the death of one of its most distinguished Chief Economists, Prof. Owodunni Teriba, who was buried on Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America.
29 April 2020
www.elwatan.com
Les derniers chiffres concernant la prévalence du coronavirus (Covid-19) en Afrique se sont révélés rassurants avec l’annonce officielle de plus de 10 000 cas de guérisons totalisés en moins de deux semaines.
29 April 2020
https://andaluciainformacion.es/
La Comisión de la UA "ha propuesto el 1 de enero de 2021 como nueva fecha tentativa para empezar el comercio bajo el AfCFTA", reveló a Efe el coordinador comercial de la Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para África (UNECA), el sierraleonés David Luke.
29 April 2020
www.businessdailyafrica.com
Dealing with the health and economic challenges of Covid-19 has exposed the need for faster and cheaper mobile internet that can be expanded to the last mile of African populations.
29 April 2020
www.journalpioneer.com
The magnitude and speed of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is by far the most severe global health emergency since the 1918-20 influenza in recent history, continues unabated by inflicting a heavy toll. There is hardly a community in the world that remains unscathed by this pandemic.
29 April 2020
https://africatimes.com
We are facing great uncertainty on the African continent. The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems.