Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums
Apr 13, 2020 15:19 pm UTC| Economy
The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned coronavirus poses an existential threat to our continent. Evidence from past crises shows not everyone is affected equally; the most...
Zimbabwe's shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020 15:17 pm UTC| Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has left Zimbabwe in an extremely difficult situation. As of early April, the number of infections and deaths from the pandemic appeared low, although the available data isnt necessarily...
The coronavirus crisis: A catalyst for entrepreneurship
Apr 13, 2020 15:15 pm UTC| Economy
Throughout human history, crises have been pivotal in developing our societies. Pandemics have helped advance health-care systems, wars have fuelled technological innovations and the global financial crisis helped advance...
Coronavirus: will UK really have highest death toll in Europe, as new US study suggests?
Apr 11, 2020 04:35 am UTC| Economy
Within four months, the UK will have 66,314 fatalities from COVID-19, according to a recent report from the University of Washingons Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). This would result in the UK having...
Apr 09, 2020 07:56 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Economy
Canadian data announcements have been lined up for the next weeks, with unemployment data scheduled for today, BoC monetary policy is on 15thfollowed by press meet, while retails sales and CPI flashes to print on 21stand...
Investing in research is South Africa's best insurance policy against crises
Apr 09, 2020 04:37 am UTC| Investing Economy
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads around the world, causing the disease COVID-19, it is becoming ever clearer that the solutions to this pandemic will all be based on research. In some cases these solutions will be based...
The big asks Africa needs to table with the IMF and World Bank: here's the list
Apr 09, 2020 04:36 am UTC| Economy
The coronavirus and its economic consequences have caused economic tsunamis in every country in the world. The scale of the onslaught will dominate discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank spring...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects