Africa Report : State of play and prospects of African economies

Report presentation

Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, African countries reacted differently. Their approach took into consideration, of course, the level of contamination, but also the economic priorities and the leeway available to each country.

As a result, the economic impacts contrast from one country to another. In this report, we take an up-close and individual analysis of the economic context of six major African countries from the North, West and Central African regions. We thus measure the level of pandemic spread and present the preventive approach adopted by the authorities. We then study the different impacts on growth and the balances of each country. We conclude with an assessment of new oppor-tunities & risks in light of these elements.

Our study is enriched by a comparative analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic’s collateral economic damage over our entire benchmark. With the support of reliable and updated data at the end of September 2020, we list the impact levels of the pandemic on the main economic aggregates. A comparative study which allows us to draw some learnings presented at the beginning of this report.

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