Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

CCA IN THE NEWS

U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2021 – July 27 – 29

AllAfrica
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will hold this year’s 13th U.S.-Africa Business Summit virtually to build sustainable partnerships and opportunities between key government and private sector decision-makers across America and the African continent…Read more>>

CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Delta variant in SA: Why getting your second shot of the Pfizer vaccine is so important

health 24
South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme is underway, with members of the public eligible for the shot so far getting the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech injectionRead more>>

TOURISM

Covid tourism freeze could cost global economy $4tn by year end

The Guardian
The cost to the global economy of the tourism freeze caused by Covid-19 could reach $4tn (£2.9tn) by the end of this year, a UN body has said, with the varying pace of vaccine rollouts expected to cost developing nations and tourist centres particularly dear…Read more>>

Morocco reopens tourism after robust vaccination drive
Africa News
Morocco was the first country in Africa to start reopening air travel and as a result is enjoying a tourism boom. This year tourism officials say Morocco is set to fill 3.5 million seats over the season – from June 15 to September 30 – that’s 72 percent of the same period in 2019….Read more>>