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From Recovery to Resilience: How Opportunity Zones Can Help Accelerate Post-COVID Economic Resurgence
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to all economies. However, pandemics hit
underserved and vulnerable populations the hardest, and now the crisis will exacerbate their need for capital.
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Interview with AU Special Envoy Strive Masiyiwa on the Launch of the Africa Medical Supplies Platform
COVID-19 Africa Watch discusses the launch of the Africa Medical Supplies Platform with Strive Mas
iyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet Wireless, and African Union Special Envoy for mobilizing the private sector response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Interview with Zemedeneh Negatu: Investing in Africa after COVID-19
Zemedeneh Negatu, Global Chairman of the Fairfax Capital Fund, speaks to COVID-19 Africa Watch abo
ut how the pandemic has changed the investment environment in Africa, and how the continent and Ethiopia, in particular, have responded.
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Interview with Malado Kaba: COVID-19 and the Digital Transformation of Africa’s Public Sector
Malado Kaba, former Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Guinea, speaks to COVID-19
Africa Watch about the potential for digital disruption in government and public service in the wake of the current pandemic.
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COVID-19, Gender, and a More Equitable Response for Sub-Saharan Africa
“Despite its global nature, the impacts of COVID-19 are not evenly distributed. The health, economic
, social and political effects are hitting women harder across the globe, and across the African continent.
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