April 17, 2020/OilPrice.com Fears of global crude storage hitting capacity are now dominating markets, sending oil prices falling even further as analysts search for a bottom. Friday, April 17th, 2020 WTI fell below $18 per barrel in early trading on Friday, as a deepening gloom swept over the market. China […]
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COVID-19 and the SSA region: Entering a period of negative growth
April 17, 2020/United Capital Report According to the IMF’s recently published Regional Economic Outlook for SSA, growth in 2020 is projected to decline by –1.6%. This will be the lowest level in more than 20 years, as the coronavirus outbreak threatens to break the region’s 2 straight decades of positive […]
Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems
The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems April 17, 2020/AfDB By Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene We are facing great uncertainty on the African continent. The global spread of COVID-19 […]
