The Week That Was – 29th May 2020

The Week That Was – 29th May 2020

Here is a recap of the major activities that happened in Africa in the last 7 days. You can see the video here.  Most African countries continued relaxing lockdown restrictions.  The decision to reduce the COVID19 lockdown restrictions is primarily driven by the...
The Week That Was – 29th May 2020

The week that was May 15, 2020

North Africa Egypt’s request for a $2.77 billion loan from the IMF was approved. Egypt also requested an additional $5 billion from the IMF, World Bank Group, and Europe and $4 billion from various other financiers.  Algeria started manufacturing COVID-19 test kits....