Informal Trade and Impact of COVID-19 Key Features of 2020 African Trade Report

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyNewsInformal Trade and Impact of COVID-19 Key Features of 2020 African Trade Report

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

The African Trade Report, produced annually by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), will be launched on 15th December. This year’s report focuses on Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) and provides ground-breaking insights into the scale, composition and approaches to informal cross border trade in Africa.  It is estimated that the formalisation of informal cross border trade could potentially increase official trade numbers by between 30-50%, depending on the region. “ICBT has been a key contributor to...

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Coronavirus: African Union Member States Reporting COVID-19 Cases As of 11 December 2020, 9am

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCoronavirus: African Union Member States Reporting COVID-19 Cases As of 11 December 2020, 9am

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (2,323,845) deaths (55,265), and recoveries (1,982,277) by region: Central (67,892 cases; 1,222 deaths; 61,495 recoveries): Burundi (720; 1; 630), Cameroon (24,963; 443; 22,177), CAR (4,936; 63; 4,852), Chad (1,739; 102; 1,587), Congo (6,049; 99; 4,891), DRC (13,993; 350; 12,208), Equatorial Guinea (5,183; 85; 5,048), Gabon (9,300; 62; 9,155), Sao Tome & Principe (1,009; 17; 947) Eastern (291,643; 5,476; 218,308): Comoros (617; 7; 605), Djibouti (5,717; 61; 5,599), Eritrea (656; 0; 525), Ethiopia (115,360; 1,779; 88,975),...

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Visa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa’s Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

AfricaBusinessNewsTravelVisa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa’s Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

A record 54% of the continent is accessible for African visitors who no longer need a visa to travel or can get one on arrival; in 2020, The Gambia joins Seychelles and Benin in allowing visa-free access for all African travelers; 24 countries offer e-Visas reflecting 44% of the continent. The upward trend in African countries liberalizing their visa regimes and welcoming African travelers continues, according to the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African Union...

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African Development Bank, 11 leading Multilateral Development Banks, IMF launch First Joint Report On Financing the Sustainable Development Goals

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyNewsAfrican Development Bank, 11 leading Multilateral Development Banks, IMF launch First Joint Report On Financing the Sustainable Development Goals

PilotnewsDecember 11, 2020

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) joined a group of 11 multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday in launching a first-ever joint report on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch took place during a virtual ceremony attended by the heads of the institutions. The report is released at the end of a critical year, with the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse progress on the SDGs. In response, MDBs have collectively...

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South Africa Presides Over United Nations Security Council

AfricaNewsUnited NationsSouth Africa Presides Over United Nations Security Council

PilotnewsDecember 1, 2020

South Africa on Tuesday assumed the rotating monthly presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It marks the second time the country has served in this capacity during its two-year elected term on the Council (2019-2020). Pretoria will use its role to focus on strengthening African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Cooperation and emphasising the importance of a proactive approach to the maintenance of international peace and security. In this regard, International Relations...

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Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Surpass 2.16m — Centre

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Surpass 2.16m — Centre

PilotnewsNovember 30, 2020

The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the African continent has reached 2,163,284 as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 51,708. A total of 1,831,435 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency....

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Simmering Tensions Come to a Boil in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

AfricaNewsSimmering Tensions Come to a Boil in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2020

Over the past week, as many have been distracted by the U.S. elections, an extraordinarily dangerous unraveling has picked up speed in Ethiopia.  Months of simmering tensions between the leadership of the Tigray region and the central government in Addis Ababa boiled over into open military conflict, threatening to tip the country into outright civil war. Ethiopia’s crisis jeopardizes not just the security of 110 million people, but the stability of the region and the promise of...

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Police Arrest Opposition Leaders For Illegal Protest Plans in Tanzania

AfricaNewsPoliticsPolice Arrest Opposition Leaders For Illegal Protest Plans in Tanzania

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

The police in Tanzanian, on Monday arrested several opposition politicians for allegedly planning illegal demonstrations after accusing the ruling party of rigging the general election. Special police zone commander, Lazaro Mambosasa, told journalists in the commercial capital, that among those arrested are Chadema party national chairman Freeman Mbowe and several other leading Chadema members. “We were tipped [off] that they were organizing illegal demonstrations and persuading youths to go into the streets today. “We did...

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Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem

AfricaColumnsForeign PolicyUnited StatesTrump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem

PilotnewsOctober 30, 2020

Last week President Trump invited reporters to listen in on a call intended to celebrate the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel, a diplomatic achievement that comes with more than a few complications. During the course of the conversation with the Sudanese and Israeli prime ministers, the president of the United States took it upon himself to casually issue a bellicose threat to Ethiopia on behalf of Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a man...

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AU Youth Envoy Urges African Leaders to Protect Young Peoples’ Rights

AfricaNewsPeopleAU Youth Envoy Urges African Leaders to Protect Young Peoples’ Rights

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Ms. Aya Chebbi, African Union Youth Envoy, has urged African leaders to always protect the rights of young people to promote youth development in the continent. Chebbi gave the advice on Wednesday via her twitter handle (via https://twitter.com/auyouthenvoy_/) while reacting to the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. She tweeted: “An appeal to #African leaders to respect and protect Africa’s youth civil and political rights, not repress them and respond to youth movements in #Nigeria #EndSARS and elsewhere...

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