Lifesaving free wi fi in the city deliver not just next day but every day thousands of children still waiting for their delivery. Sponsored books today so together we can deliver futures. Coronavirus cases something brand pop in africa the continent races through prepared for the looming Health Emergency and more economic fallout. To the European Union and the blocks because the economy germany pledged to do whatever it takes to keep business going and shutdowns affect a new nation. And south africas power struggle trying to keep the flickering lights on for its people and it aint economy. It was all and thats your business. Watch out africa the coronavirus is getting a foothold on the continent and the race to stop it intensifies Rapid Testing and koren teams have been put in place morocco is suspending air and sea links with france and spain algeria is reducing or cutting flights to Europe Africa maintains one of the lowest rates of confirmed infections in the world despite strong links to europe and china the epicenter of the outbreak but cases a suddenly on the rise kenya confirming the 1st case and suspending all Public Events today the Health Ministry says a woman who returned from the United States tested positive in nairobi shes recovering at kenya hospital a lot of multinational corporations have operations in kenya its the 18th country to confirm the arrival of the disease with the o. P. s adana guinea all confirmed their 1st cases on friday. Lets take you over to nairobi sela on equal is standing by for us kenya is the richest country in east africa and as i mentioned a hub for Global Companies what would a shutdown there mean. Well i mean were not seeing a shutdown yet but we are seeing a slowdown already in business i mean there has. Already a week ago Conferences International conferences were halted and so people have not been traveling in and out of the country for International Conferences and and as you said now public sporting events any kind of political rallies everything has come to this world to a standstill event basically so that is something that that is already happening at the moment and also flights for examples to china and also can airways has also halted flights to italy so that is something thats also affecting both trade and tourism in the countries and its and as china has also basically kenya strongest trading partner that has of obviously affected that has obviously affected the economy here and its also got investors very worried as well as of course in the countries in landlocked countries in uganda and rwanda which which have connections to kenyas ports so that is so it is definitely affecting not only the country but the region so business is slowing down what about problems with shortages with with panic buying as weve seen in other countries around the world. Well actually there has to have been torches of face masks and of disinfectant already in the last 2 weeks where people started buying cars going to the pharmacies and buying those and basically as soon as the announcement was made today of the 1st case here in kenya people have definitely made a run for the supermarkets and are buying stocking up on food and stocking up on this insect and stocking up on anything basically they think that will help them if they have to be quarantined or if there is a full outbreak here and there has also and its definitely also a fact that the economy because traders at the nairobi stop its Stock Exchange today for example stop trading for a while. Basically analysts say that they will they will basically take the we can to assess the situation what this means for the country and for trading and before they go back to the trade markets on monday. Let me just ask you were half a dozen african countries have announced confirmed to veterans in the past 24 hours. Africa. Well they have of course spreading rapidly i mean worldwide but africa has been pretty lucky that at least till now they have only had a few cases in most countries so they have had a bit of a while to prepare and but many. Many countries of course concern that the Health Systems which are already stretched might be affected and might not be able to deal with more than just a few cases so lonely who thank you very much for the information. So how have african markets fared this week not especially good for the confidence major exchanges south africas benchmark index the j. I. C. Africa shed down big time since monday as you can see their tech Company Naspers the most dominant share on that indexing weekly losses of more than 6 percent and trading in nairobi was briefly halted as we heard after a sudden drop in tourism losses among the biggest fees for kenya. Lets move on then to our next story and as the disease spreads across europe shutdowns are coming into force economys slowing governments fighting back with massive aid packages germany with the biggest since the 2nd world war 2 ministers with one clear message germanys government promises it will do everything in its power to soften the economic blow for workers and Small Businesses and unlike during the Global Financial crisis in 2008 banks wont be at the front of the line for relief. He says my mom and dad were making an unlimited commitment from the smallest Midsize Business from taxi drivers to the Creative Economy to Large Enterprises with tens of thousands of employees. This isnt how efficient the government is offering emergency loans to the state owned a k F W Development bank. Its earmarked 500000000000. 00 euros to help Companies Stay afloat businesses will also be allowed to defer tax payments earlier on friday the German Parliament passed new measures also ensuring Financial Support for workers who are likely to see their hours and wages cut during the coronavirus pandemic. Look times is lining up for that state aid the german flagship carrier says its approaching berlin as well as other governments also word swiss austrian and Brussel Airlines with us as chief executive is attending a meeting on the road a virus between german chancellor Angela Merkel and industry bosses this friday the outbreak has hit the Airline Sector especially hard with bookings taking a nosedive the European Union has also put aside a mammoth amount of funds to tackle the disease 37000000000 euros in structural funds to help out companies its also allowing Member States to run up bigger deficits European Commission president also a funny line says shes convinced the e. U. Can withstand this shock i asked our financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney what she thought of the measures. Well thats 37000000000. 00 this is certainly well excuse me euros at this certainly welcomed by investors but whats really important is the fact that the e. U. Commission is going to allow flexibility and budgets and it within the e. U. E. U. Countries are sort of with what they have to keep their deficits at a certain level they cant really go above that thats going to be a big problem for a country like italy which are ready has a huge debt burden about 130 percent of g. D. P. And now they are just facing nor missed economic challenge that they need to combat with a lot of what a lot of spending they need to keep money flowing to businesses they need to keep money flowing. Also to consumers who are out of work right now and under normal rules they wouldnt be allowed to do that so the fact that they are signaling that italy and other countries are going to have flexibility is seen as a really crucial part of this part of this announcement to maximum flexibility from the e. U. And as far as the German Government goes no limits. No limits at all this is been a pretty big surprise because the German Government is known and that has over the past several years been quite hesitant to spend a lot of money and they have really stuck to very low debt deficits theyre really throwing that all out the window and now theyre talking about having 500000000000. 00 euros available to lend to businesses unlimited credit for it all types of businesses theyre talking about tax cuts tax cuts were talking about even nationalizing some businesses if it gets to that point they dont believe its fair right now that this is really instilling a lot of confidence in investors who had started to doubt the ability of both governments and Central Banks to offset this crisis and thats one reason why weve seen markets come right back around today just a gloomy thanks for covering the case for us for. South africa h. New cases on friday but its got all the art of the use of mismanagement and corruption Electricity Supply is on the brink of collapse is our correspondent. Maven has been repairing Computers Laptops and smartphones at an Office Center for 10 years not an easy job specially under the current circumstances book. The entire country has been experiencing massive power cuts in recent months they can last for more than 7 hours a day it is getting worse since saw it convincing because we have to stop or the operations. Or. Live in contacts or clans during that time so. Completely cut off Electricity Company as com has been neglecting its infrastructure for a long time the outdated power plants are running at the upper limits of their capacity any problem with any of them because its a black out we expect to have now and then. For the next 18 months in which we have set aside time to to do the critical maintenance meaning we stop. Meant we would bring it to a halt and do the kind of maintainance that we should have always done mismanagement and corruption have plagued the state owned company for years the new government under president. Has appointed a new management to run it south africa is a kind of preparation with a rather unfortunate and higher levels of corruption that really should have and is only part of this is a product of this country so they indeed will be cases of my fees and we have laid charges against people like used of corruption inside eskom so yes indeed we have had those problems but many South Africans are skeptical that this will put an end to the companies problems the population is suffering the consequences of these. Power cuts or load shedding as its called closed shops are not good for the economy which is already in recession congestion is was because the traffic lights dont work. And the crime rates are on the rise because alarm and Security Systems shut down. 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