Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

Opened this morning under the theme, “Strengthening resilience for strong recovery and attracting investments to foster economic diversification and long term growth in Eastern Africa”, the participants will discuss internal resource mobilization, and attracting investments, among others, according to the organizer of the annual meeting – the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Rwanda Office.

The Africa Glass Bottle and Container Market is expected to register a CAGR of approximately 5. 67% during the forecast period (2021-2026). The Covid-19 pandemic has affected most of the end-user industries in Africa.

Despite the impact of Covid-19, particularly on oil and tourism-dependent economies, East Africa’s progress with diversification

Extreme poverty in Western Africa increased by nearly 3 percent last year, according to a new report on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 published today by ECOWAS

The COVID-19 pandemic and its negative economic effects create an urgent need for timely data

Private sector investment across Africa, essential to tackle the impact of COVID and unlock sustainable growth, will be accelerated

WHO said it was tracking a few dozen cases of BA.4 and BA.5, in addition to earlier omicron variants such as BA.1, BA.2, BA.3 and BA.1.1.

Still struggling with the impact of COVID-19, Sub-Saharan Africa now faces new economic growth challenges, compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Business Insider Africa presents 5 key forecasts about African economies so far in April. The forecasts centre around household spending, GDP growth, agriculture, mobile money, etc, on Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Liberia and Botswana.

87% of IMF’s COVID-19 loans are requiring developing countries to adopt tough, new austerity measures that will further exacerbate poverty and inequality.