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State should heed World Bank advice

It is good news that effects of the global financial meltdown that ravaged most economies and in some cases brought down some of the world’s biggest firms is slowly coming to an end. However, for Africa the reverse is true as the effects the crisis remain strong.

The World Bank has warned that unless remedial measures are taken to urgently mitigate the effects, the continent will sink further into poverty.

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