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Despite African countries being wholly unprepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, their swift, early and innovative responses meant they were able to ward off an initial rapid spread of the virus. This is according to a new study of Covid-19 responses in South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya conducted by Columbia University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy. 
Nonetheless, the study found that the resulting economic hardship and impending waves of infection mean the countries will have to re-strategise constantly and swiftly even with a vaccine in hand. To contribute to this undertaking, the university has launched an initiative which will take innovations which worked in one African country and tailor it to suit another’s needs. In addition, it is on a mission to develop “new ways of solving big problems” immediately.  ....

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