On the largely virtual Africa Day celebrations, in May, the current African Union Chair South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of “a new Africa”. The Nigerian entrepreneur Tony Elumelu says “the pandemic presents an opportunity to reset Africa, create employment and eliminate poverty”:“Africa must embrace the new normal. Within days of the first case being reported in Egypt African Union Chair Ramaphosa called a meeting of African Union leaders, and he put his own South Africa into lockdown before a single death had been recorded. He’s assembled an all-star team of senior Africa leaders who are already working on plans to implement the lessons of the crisis and rebuild Africa’s damaged economies. The Covid-19 crisis has also brought about a realisation that Africa has great opportunities in health care.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 03, 2020 12:25 UTC