Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Total population: 13.1 million
Percentage of population living in poverty: 55%
Food inflation: 12.2% (latest: 30 December 2020)
People with insufficient food intake: 46.2% (latest: 14 Feb 2021)
Children (under 5) with acute malnutrition: 9.2%
Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 30.3%
Economy
In terms of mineral wealth, Guinea is one of the richest countries in Africa. Nevertheless, 36.1% of the population live in poverty.. The country’s economy relies heavily on mining and agriculture. However,...
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Anne Paisley is ONE's Associate Editorial Director. Prior to joining ONE in 2019, she worked at Devex and the Center for American Progress. She holds an MA in International Policy from Georgetown University and a BA in International Affairs and Economics from George Washington University, both with honors.
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A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19's impact in Africa.
While the pandemic is hitting all global economies around the world, African countries have been hit especially badly. In the lead-up to the pandemic, there was a decline in official development assistance (ODA) and an increase in debt. And since the pandemic hit, there have been huge declines in remittances, foreign investment, and revenues.
The impact isn’t just economic, but it’s also on an individual level — access to vaccines, children not being able to go to school and learn,...
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter here, and read on for COVID’s impact on education, new data on how Nigeria’s remittances have tanked, and what’s next for Tanzania. And our new series Pandemica launches this week. It’s a preview of what’s to come if rich countries keep hoarding vaccines.
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Truly depleted: African finance ministers met on Monday, agreeing that “our...
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter here, and read on for more on Nigeria’s unemployment crisis, upcoming G7 and African finance ministers meetings, and the latest poverty figures. But first, with Tanzania’s president passing, what’s next for the country?
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RIP Magufuli: Tanzanian President John Magufuli passed after a short illness this week at age 61. Some outlets are reporting his...
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100,000 African health workers: have been infected with COVID as of this week, citing a lack of PPE and over-work. A year into the pandemic, cases on the continent are about to hit 4 million, according to WHO Africa. Test positivity is greater than 10% in Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia with a 3% increase across the continent.
Relief! This week US President Joe Biden will sign into law an historic $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The OECD...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Total population: 44,269,594
Percentage of population living in extreme poverty: 41.5%
Food inflation: -1.2% (latest: 30 January 2021)
People with insufficient food intake: 34.1% (latest: 25 Feb 2021)
Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 28.9%
Economy
Uganda is a low-income country with a fast-growing population. 68% of the population work in the agriculture sector, 7% in industry, and 20% in services. Like many African nations, the future of the Ugandan economy is dependent on the...
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Begins at home: 72% of African women reported worrying about not having enough food to eat in the past 30 days, according to a major new survey from Facebook’s Data for Good program. 53% of women (35% of men) felt that their current financial situation does not fully cover their own expenses.
Gender vulnerabilities: 80% of the countries where women are most vulnerable to COVID-19 are in Africa. So says new research from DATA2x and Open Data Watch. Women...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Population: 2,347,706
Share of population living in extreme poverty: 10.3%
Share of people with insufficient food intake: 12.8% (latest: 18 Feb 2021)
The economy relies upon agriculture, tourism, and remittances.
Economic impact
The COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding border closures have severely impacted the fragile economy of The Gambia. Pandemic responses are affecting trade, which accounts for 25% of imported goods and exported earnings, and the valuable tourism industry, which provides an income to 42,000 Gambian people. Hotels, restaurants, and...