Confinements, lockdowns, social distancing, masks, and protective equipment have all become part of the new vocabulary used in Africa. This may be no different from other parts of the world. But the implications of COVID-19 can be far-reaching for the continent with some of the lowest human development indicators in the globe. African countries have been […]
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Il est impossible de le contourner: la crise du Covid-19 frappera particulièrement les Africains. Même si le taux d’infection reste faible, la dévastation socio-économique se fait déjà sentir. L’accès à l’eau potable et aux services de santé de base reste un défi sur tout le continent, ce qui rend les mesures de confinement prises par
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There is no getting around it: the Covid-19 crisis will hit Africa’s people particularly hard. Even if the infection rate remains low, the socioeconomic devastation is already being felt. Access to clean water supply and basic health services remain a challenge throughout the continent, making the containment measures taken by most countries all the more challenging. Beyond
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Professor Thandika Mkandawire, the Malawian economist, passed away in late March. Influential African intellectuals, as well as his many admirers and academics the world over, are still distilling the disappearance of one of the most prolific and creative minds they have ever come across. The disheartening news hit me while under confinement in Cape Town,
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Estamos familiarizados com as irritantes atualizações de sistemas de software que perturbam os nossos computadores e smartphones, acreditamos nós, funcionais. Normalmente, começa com um alerta para a necessidade de atualizações ou poderemos ter problemas de segurança ou bloqueios por incompatibilidades com outras aplicações e sistemas operativos. Nestes casos costumamos depararmo-nos com três opções: substituir o dispositivo
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The COVID-19 pandemic cannot be classified as a surprise. Several studies, intelligence reports and epidemiologic knowledge all predicted some infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome would likely spread around the world. The recent warnings of coronavirus type of infections had been limited in geographical range to circumscribed regions, but strong enough to justify
For Africa’s sake, the west should be selfish this time Read More »
We are familiar with the irritating updating of software systems that perturbs our otherwise well-functioning, we believe, computers or smart phones. It normally starts with a prompt that alerts us about the need to update, otherwise we may face security problems or malfunctioning resulting from incompatibilities with other apps and operating systems. In such situations
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Depuis 2000, les dirigeants européens et africains parlent de donner au partenariat entre les deux continents une dimension «nouvelle stratégique». En 2007, ils ont réitéré leur ambition de se réunir “en prenant conscience des leçons et des expériences du passé, mais aussi dans la certitude que notre avenir commun nécessite une approche audacieuse”. Pourquoi alors,
African governments should strengthen strategies and policies aimed at encouraging the transition to a new climate economy and increasing investment in clean energy. By phasing out fossil fuels, Africa can lead by example in the global effort to combat climate change. Cape Town – African heads of state and government are convening at the annual
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Le Cap. Les questions de croissance économique et de développement sont d’une importance majeure pour l’Afrique. Les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement du continent qui viennent de se réunir à l’occasion du sommet de l’Union africaine doivent impérativement intégrer à leur politique de croissance l’action urgente à mener contre le réchauffement climatique – un problème
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