87% of jobs in Africa cannot be performed from home Across the world, we are dealing with the reality that the global health crisis will likely have a cruel successor — an economic crisis. …

The International Monetary Fund has recently adjusted its global economic growth forecasts, noting that “The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity.” It now expects global growth to come in at -3% for 2020 — the biggest…

The LSE Africa Summit announces Panel Discussion on ‘Financing Africa’s Future’. The panel features Pratibha Thaker, Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Africa department; Ibukun Adebayo, Co-Head of Emerging Markets, Equity Primary Markets at the London Stock Exchange Group; William Asiko, CEO of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa; Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa editor at the Economist’s London office; and Dr. Vera Songwe, director for West and Central Africa at the International Finance Corporation.