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COVID Africa Watch
Overview
COVID-19 Africa Watch tracks major developments and policy announcements from across the c
ontinent and also offers a curated selection of analysis on how the pandemic will impact African economies and develop
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COVID-19 Africa Watch Video Collection
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COVID-19 Africa Watch Article Collection
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Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu
Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu has written over 200 articles on Africa-focused science, healthcare, tech, i
nnovation, and entrepreneurship.
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Josephine Chinele
Josephine Chinele is a Malawian multi-award winning journalist with wide investigative journalism
work experience. She has worked for Times Group and Malawi News Agency, Malawi’s biggest and oldest media houses.
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Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group and one of the early pi
oneers of the mobile telecoms industry in Africa.
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Jennifer Smout
Jennifer Smout is a feminist writer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Malado Kaba
Malado Kaba served as the first female Finance Minister of the Republic of Guinea between 2016 an
d 2018.
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Weldon Turner
Weldon Turner was formerly the Director of International Equity Sales/Trading at Credit Suisse in
New York, and has been a senior product manager at RCS Solar, a leading supplier of solar power plants in Europe and Africa.
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Interview with K.Y. Amoako on Africa’s Economic Recovery and Transformation
COVID-19 Africa Watch speaks to K.Y. Amoako, President of the African Center for Economic Transfor
mation, about the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent.
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Small-Scale Farming in the Face of COVID-19 in South Africa: An Interview with Mbali Nwoko
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Mbali Nwoko, CEO of Green Terrace, about how COVID-19 is impacting
small-scale farming in South Africa.
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Interview with K.Y. Amoako on Africa’s Economic Recovery and Transformation
Key Takeaways
The following are a few of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversati
on with K.Y. Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET):, “Leaders need to build trust with the people, and there’s no better time than to build trust than when you have a crisis – that’s what leadership is about.”
, But beyond that, one thing now that we need to stress, is that you need to build trust. Leaders need to build trust with the people, and there’s no better time to build trust than when you have a crisis – that’s what leadership is about.
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