COVID-19

How will the Coronavirus outbreak affect African societies, economies and universities? In our new ‘COVID-19 in Africa’ series, scholars and researchers from different backgrounds will discuss and explore the implications of the Coronavirus outbreak on the African continent and offer new insights and perspectives!

Few clinical trials are done in Africa

The low representation of African countries in clinical trials ...

COVID-19: Personal vs public freedoms in South Africa

In any national health disaster calling individuals to..

Stopping the spread of COVID-19 in Lagos

Lagos poses a set of particular challenges...

Social protection and COVID-19 in South Africa

What social protection measures have been put in place...

Nigeria's worrying reliance on drug imports

Nigeria’s health system will find COVID-19 difficult to handle...

Europe and African relations post COVID-19

A new partnership is important for Africa and Europe alike

The logic of Ghana’s lockdown

Welcome to social distancing on steroids

Nigeria should prioritise power supply to hospitals

The global health crisis coincides with a countrywide electricity crisis

Living in Dakar under lockdown

"I am a Motswana woman living in Dakar, Senegal...

Social Distancing: Africa can do it!

There is an old and tired argument...

Growth of COVID-19: South Africa’s lockdown is right

Exponential growth is a hard thing for the human mind to grasp.

Panic buying underscores inequalities in South Africa

Who wins and who loses from panic buying?

Aviation standstill hampers Ghana’s development

The COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly impede Ghana's aviation ambitions.

Predicting COVID-19: applying a model in Kenya

Infectious disease models can be a useful guide to help authorities respond

COVID-19: to test or not to test

The world is now dealing with two pandemics instead of one.

Potential consequences of a one-size-fits-all approach

We are facing a choice between more or less drastic measures to slow the spread of COVID-19

COVID-19 testing: answers to 6 simple questions

Testing and diagnosing people is critical to managing the pandemic

The biggest threats to Nigeria managing COVID-19

Cases of COVID-19 are rising in Nigeria.

Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS

The biggest danger during pandemics is how people respond to them.

Why Africa’s journalists aren’t doing a good job on COVID-19

The media’s coverage of COVID-19 is being questioned as the disease sweeps across the world.

Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

Resource-poor countries like Sierra Leone have faced major outbreaks of infectious diseases in the past.

Why are there so few coronavirus cases in Russia and Africa?

The spread of an infectious disease from its country of origin is a complicated process.

Why it’s important to study coronaviruses in African bats

Bats are prone to act as a host or reservoir for viruses.

How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers

COVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on African economies.

COVID-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Currently, Africa has very few cases of COVID-19 compared with most other parts of the world. It remains unclear why

TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide

HIV and TB patients may have a higher risk of developing severe disease.

A brief history of the coronavirus family

Scientists have known of the human coronavirus since the 1960s. But only rarely has it garnered wider recognition over the

Laughter in the time of a pandemic: why South Africans are joking about coronavirus

Almost immediately after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in South Africa, the jokes started.

How Senegal is confronting the challenge of COVID-19

Senegal is one of dozens of countries in Africa that’s been hit by COVID-19. Does it have the capacity to

Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns

The COVID-19 pandemic has begun affecting a range of African countries. This is a devastating interruption of the academic year.