African countries have so far seen relatively fewer COVID-19 cases than hotspots in western Europe, the US and East Asia. But with the likes of South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Burkina Faso and others reporting exponential growth in confirmed cases, it is only a question of time before this public health crisis arrives across the continent in full force.
Coronavirus will not just bring a health crisis, however, but an economic one. Countries further along the pandemic curve are already experiencing immense economic fallout. This begs the question of how COVID-19 will impact Africa’s economies and how African governments could prepare and react.
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