Category: Social
80 million Africans could be pushed into food poverty by Covid-19 fallout
Africa faces being the worst hit from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis and now there are warnings that 80 million Africans could be pushed [...]
Careful exiting of the lockdown across Africa key to sustainability
The UN’s Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a series of proposals to help African governments and businesses to exit Covid-19-related l [...]
How to be a strong leader through a crisis
American author James Lane Allen famously said, “Crisis does not build character, it reveals it.” It also, as has been shown by some of the world’s le [...]
Will the Covid-19 crisis close the wage gap?
Internationally, there is a growing trend to reduce executive pay in response to the current Covid-19 crisis. South Africa is following the trend, wit [...]
IMF warns of ‘unprecedented’ health and economic impact of Covid-19 on SSA
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis due to Covid-19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns. It fears the to [...]
Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world?
Insurers need to prepare for some major shifts in societal behaviour post Covid-19, which may become permanent. Part of that is keeping an eye on the [...]
Covid-19 testing to be ramped up across Africa
Businesses will need a healthy workforce if they are to return to business as normal in the wake of Covid-19 and testing is expected to be a key part [...]
Covid-19 to tip sub-Saharan Africa into recession
Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall into recession as the Covid-19 pandemic strikes at the heart of economies across the continent.
With fewer t [...]
Swiss Re and AfDB launch funds to battle Covid-19
Swiss Re Group is to donate CHF5m to support people and communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Through the Swiss Re Foundatio [...]
Business unusual – the world post-Covid-19
Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated and life return [...]