Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

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Tourism Sector Shields African Economies Amid Slowing Global GDP Growth
EABW Digital
The severity of the impact of coronavirus on China’s growth prospects will hold major implications for Africa given the continent’s close ties to the Asian giant. The broader impact will also be exacerbated if efforts to contain…Read more>>

How AfCFTA will impact on African tourism –Stakeholders
The Sun
From June, 2020, when the Coronavirus scourge must have abated, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will become operational, making the continent the world’s largest…Read more>>

US To Link Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique With $11Billion high-speed Trains
Taarifa
The United States has taken the soft power competition to Africa’s Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique where it plans to link the three countries with a network of high-speed trains.
Construction was expected to begin in January…Read more>>