Opinion

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  Four lessons Africa should learn from the pandemic

  The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of areas in which Africa is weak or faces threats. Gyude Moore looks at how the continent should respond.
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  Africans take the lead on the world stage

  Africa's rising stars in global trade and development finance, show the world that it's finally the continent's time to shine, writes Gina Din-Kariuki.
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  Africa’s relationship with China must be more strategic in 2021

  With the next edition of FOCAC coming up in 2021, African governments and businesses need to work hard to steer the continent’s relationship with China in the right direction, say Hannah Ryder and Ovigwe Eguegu
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  Africa must hope for the best and prepare for the worst

  Dr Hippolyte Fofack, chief economist at Afreximbank, welcomes the prospect of a robust global economic bounceback in 2021 but warns that the downside risks cannot be ignored.