Pandemic plunged 30-million Africans into ‘extreme poverty’ in 2020, African Developoment Bank president says
Pandemic plunged 30-million Africans into ‘extreme poverty’ in 2020, African Development Bank president saysAfrican nations need $424bn this year to help them cope with the devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank. Picture: BLOOMBERG
After decades of progress in the continent’s fight against poverty, Covid-19 plunged 30-million Africans into “extreme poverty” in 2020, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina said in an interview on Bloomberg Radio. “We should not minimise the impact of Covid-19 on African economies,” Adesina said. “We have to expand the fiscal space for African countries. We must tackle the whole issue of debt; you cannot run up a hill while carrying a backpack of sand on your back.”to Zambia, multiple African nations have tapped the International Monetary Fund to help revamp their debt and finance government budgets.
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