Nbr. 472, April 2020
Index
- Airlines cancel flights.
- Travel bans across continent.
- UNECA slashes Africa growth forecast.
- UNICEF stresses importance of handwashing.
- Central Bank of Kenya extends loans.
- Central Bank of Nigeria creates fund to combat coronavirus.
- International football matches postponed.
- Safaricom waives fees for M-Pesa transactions.
- AfDB signs first loan agreement with Sudanese private sector.
- Nigerian fertilizer suppliers receive financial support.
- Republic of Congo seeks $1.7bn debt restructuring.
- Sasol plans rights issue and asset sales.
- Africa's green renewal gathers pace.
- The need for a private sector coalition on agriculture.
- Africa braces for coronavirus shock: As the Covid-19 virus begins to spread across Africa, Dr Desne Masie assesses the damage done so far and what is being done to protect people and economies against its worst effects.
- Pace of renewables uptake will vary across Africa: Philippe Valahu, CEO, Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG).
- UK investor Gridworks eyes utilities overhaul.
- Zimbabwe's energy-starved fuel stations turn to solar.
- Tullow Oil woes threatens Uganda and Kenya oil hopes.
- An Africa summit that we could all support: The recent rise in Africa-focused summits is to be welcomed, but as long as delegations focus on narrow deals for their own countries the needs of the continent will not be met, argues Gyude Moore.
- Women's issues are economic issues.
- AfCFTA: We're closer than you think: As D-day approaches for the African Continental Free Trade Area African Business talked to Ambassador Albert Muchanga, the AU's Commissioner for Trade and Industry, ahead of the AU's all-important Extraordinary Summit in May.
- How to navigate business across African markets: Jordan Rittenberry, CEO of Edelman Africa, part of the world's largest public relations firm, says that working in Africa requires grit, humility and the realisation that mistakes are inevitable--as well as an appreciation of the continent's immense potential.
- E-commerce powers Africa's rapidly expanding, fashion sector.
- Uganda gets internet boost with new data centre: Bringing data closer to internet users will reduce costs, improve speeds and help to boost the ICT sector, writes Liam Taylor in Kampala.
- Nigerians hold onto their hats for a rocky ride: With the recent plunge in oil prices and the new threat of coronavirus adding to the country's longer term economic problems, Nigeria's economic outlook is far from certain.
- Renewable energy brings light to Nigeria.
- Nigeria improves its business climate.
- How is Nigeria's border closure affecting trade?
- Lagosians take to the water.
- Dangote eyes future beyond cement.
- Innovation puts Lagos on the map.
- Dangote spearheads Nigeria's tomato production drive: Nigeria's need to limit imports and boost domestic production of tomatoes is providing a business opportunity for some of its largest conglomerates, as Linus Unah reports.
- Nigerian ID rollout raises data protection concerns.
- Technology powered by the people.
- Cameroon: Catching on to global trends in food production.
- On the road with Gambia's Olympic boxing hopefuls.
- End of Rwanda-Uganda dispute hinges on rebel group issue.
- The question of inequality: Stephen Williams reviews Thomas Piketty's game--changing analysis of the global financial system and the ideology underpinning it.
- Africa's urban poor must be shielded from coronavirus: As Covid-19 spreads across the continent, protecting the most vulnerable should be the authorities' most immediate concern.