The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global economy in a manner that was never anticipated. Authorities all over the world have implemented drastic measures aimed at containing the spread of the pandemic.
The vulnerable segments of society have borne the brunt of the containment measures, and poor nations, and in Africa in particular, are struggling to implement measures that involve maintaining recommended social distancing. This situation poses real challenges in ensuring infections in Africa do not reach the epic proportions witnessed elsewhere in the world.