Key Takeaways
The following are a few of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversati
on with Lionel Zinsou, Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge and former Prime Minister of Benin:, “With only a few exceptions, African governments have reacted quickly in terms of lockdown. One of the effects is that what was forecasted – an immense wave of COVID-19 cases across the continent – has not happened.”
, Here, I think the response has been quite quick in terms of health-related sanitary measures. With only a few exceptions, African governments have reacted quickly in terms of lockdown., “What is fascinating is that the whole of the private sector, alongside the government, has been a driving force during the pandemic… Everybody will tell you that in China, one is able to build hospitals with 1,000 beds in 10 days, but Nigeria , What is fascinating is that the whole of the private sector, alongside the government, has been a driving force during the pandemic. For example, in Nigeria, the impact of the private sector is obvious.
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Oct 1, 2021