November 12, 2020/IMFBlog Era Dabla-Norris, Frederico Lima, and Hibah Khan Earlier this year, stringent lockdowns and uncertainty about the severity and transmission of COVID-19 led to the widespread adoption of physical distancing measures across the world. However, as COVID-19 outbreaks began to ebb and lockdowns eased over the summer, measures […]

Women are the backbones of African economies and can be key drivers of transformation as we strive to build back better, more resilient societies November 12, 2020/AfDB By Vanessa Moungar and Yero Baldeh* In Africa’s fragile contexts, the burden of conflict, poverty and climate change falls most heavily on already […]

November 12, 2020/Edelman By Ahmad Mokhles, Group Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Telecom For more than a decade, Africa has been closely watched worldwide, touted as the next big growth market, an area of remarkable untapped potential. There are many reasons for optimism: the African continent is home to some of […]