Down to Earth
Sub-Saharan Africa still has too few vaccines for too few people. Delivering more inoculations to the region deserves top priority. But there is another hurdle to overcome to successfully deploy vaccines: the region’s poor trade and logistics quality.
World Bank
The World Bank’s Madagascar Financial Inclusion Project shows the potential for digital financial services and Fintech to contribute to economic recovery and drive financial inclusion in the island nation, which has long been exposed to climate change.
IMF
Robust and reliable vaccine capacity in Africa is a global public good, deserving of global support.
Brookings
Reminiscent of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic is perpetuating the stark reality of vaccine insecurity in Africa
Brookings
Strengthened political engagement has contributed to improved availability and affordability of some essential medicines in Africa
Brookings
Africa might have the lowest relative incidence of COVID-19 among continents, but a pandemic of mistrust and poor accountability has governed the use of domestic stimulus packages.
Down to Earth
Over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to WHO
Down to Earth
Actions of BioNTech and Moderna will prolong the social and economic costs of the pandemic
Includovate
As economies shut down and nations went into lockdowns, child marriage cases saw an unprecedented rise, followed by teenaged pregnancies, and school dropouts in Africa.
World Bank Blogs
While there has been ongoing discourse about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African citizens, this is in sharp contrast to the relative silence on hesitancy from a political standpoint.