COVID-19 Africa Watch Interview Series

The COVID-19 Africa Watch Interview Series showcases the voices of African change agents, policymakers, and entrepreneurs, focusing on how the pandemic is affecting African countries and the priorities for the post-pandemic recovery. Over the course of the last year, we have spoken to Dr. Vera Songwe, Lionel Zinsou, Strive Masiyiwa, Malado Kaba, Sir Paul Collier, Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Gayle Smith, Aya Chebbi, and many others.

To see all of our interviews, see the full archive below.

COVID-19 Africa Watch talks with Scott Morris, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, about the recent landmark report How China Lends, the first systematic analysis of the legal terms of China’s foreign lending.

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Malado Kaba, former Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Guinea, speaks to COVID-19 Africa Watch about the potential for digital disruption in government and public service in the wake of the current pandemic. The interview is also available in French.

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COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali, former Finance Minister of Egypt and former chairman of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee, about the economic impact of the pandemic, the policy response, SDRs, and more.

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