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It’s been a tough year financially as the world has reeled under the impact of Covid-19. For many, the financial impacts have been far-reaching and it’s been a daily battle just to keep afloat. As the economies slowly start opening up again and business start operating, some people are left with financial devastation – how […]
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Paramount Group, the global aerospace and technology company, continues its efforts to support South Africa and Sub Saharan African countries afflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, most recently through the provision of food relief to the Embassy of Mozambique. The food donation has been slated for onward distribution from the Embassy of Mozambique […]
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By Edwin Ikuoria, Africa Executive Director – ONE Campaign In just three months, COVID-19 has upended life in Africa. 63,000 people have been infected and over 2,000 have died. Statistically, the African continent has been spared from the high concentration of community cases seen elsewhere. Politically, in a world where there is a deficit on […]
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Africa 2.0 members share a collection of short opinion pieces about the impact of the global pandemic on African and Afro-descendant communities and offer views on what this may mean for the future. Accra, Ghana – 1st May 2020 – The future can be shaped by our collective imagination, so we must share our vision. That […]
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Real-time data from 20 African countries drives prevention guidelines to save lives Member states across Africa responded quickly to COVID-19 with public health and social measures (PHSM), including curfews and lockdowns, as well as training in laboratory diagnostics, surveillance, risk communication, infection prevention and control, and case management conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease […]
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More than two-thirds of over 4,500 Africans reached by GeoPoll across 12 nations have reported they are self-quarantining to prevent the risks and spread of coronavirus. Yet, as Africans retreat into their homes, they are worried about food and their economies to almost as great a degree as they are worried about the global pandemic. […]
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By Edwin Ikhuoria, Africa Executive Director – ONE Campaign A video was recently circulated showing people in overcrowded slums in Lagos, Nigeria resisting lockdown. In that video, the people expressed their dissatisfaction with the lockdown, citing their inability to meet their food and energy needs as a major concern. In Kenya, commuters at a ferry […]
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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has taken the world by surprise. The good news is that tremendous scientific and technological advances have permitted scientists to understand a lot about this virus in a short amount of time. Within just two months of the first case, the causative virus has […]
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