As the world continues to struggle with the myriad social effects of the coronavirus pandemic, leaders are scrambling for solutions to the economic fallout. Economies worldwide have sunk into recession due to sweeping lockdown policies and overall lower consumer and business activity.
As many observers have pointed out, the economic effect has been felt most strongly in poorer and developing countries. And nowhere is this more true than in Sub-Saharan Africa. In terms of pure public health effects, Africa has actually fared rather well. The pandemic simply hasn’t hit Africa as hard as Europe, North America and other more developed parts of the world. However, as relatively low as the death toll may have been, the overall consequences of Covid-19 have been enormous for the continent...
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