EPISODE · Apr 11, 2020 · 45 MIN
#80: David Cowan - "Don't underestimate Africa's resilience to coronavirus"
from Talking Africa · host The Africa Report
There are cataclysmic warnings about the impact of coronavirus on Africa's economy.But Citibank's chief economist for Africa David Cowan thinks some of this is overblown. Most of Africa's economy today, for example, is subsistence agriculture; unlikely to be too badly affected. That doesn't mean that oil exporters and tourist hubs will be spared.
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There are cataclysmic warnings about the impact of coronavirus on Africa's economy.But Citibank's chief economist for Africa David Cowan thinks some of this is overblown. Most of Africa's economy today, for example, is subsistence agriculture; unlikely to be too badly affected. That doesn't mean that oil exporters and tourist hubs will be spared.
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