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‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger ́ - Exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries
(2020-12)
Facing the first wave of COVID-19, African countries were confronted with a dilemma: enacting strict lockdowns in order to “flatten the curve” could lead to a potentially severe drop in food security. Given this catch-22 ...
Between pandemics and famines: Towards nutrition-sensitive lockdowns during Covid-19 and beyond
(2020-12)
In a moment of global unity, many governments across the world chose the same policy to address Covid-19: lockdowns. Lockdowns helped to “flatten the curve” but often undermined food and nutrition security. Taking a ...
Emerging Impacts of COVID–19 on the South African Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector
(2020-08)
This brief presents the result of a rapid assessment on how the lockdown measures have affected the performance of the South African food and beverage manufacturing industry and the critical issues that firms face during ...
Emerging Impacts of COVID–19 on the Kenyan Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector
(2020-08)
This brief presents the result of a rapid assessment on how the containment measures have affected the performance of the Kenyan food and beverage manufacturing industry and what measure companies need to support them ...
Emerging Impacts of COVID–19 on the Nigerian Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector
(2020-08)
This brief presents the result of a rapid assessment on how the containment measures have affected the performance of the Nigerian food and beverage manufacturing industry and what measure companies need to support them ...
Can Mobile Money Facilitate Cash Transfers to Farmers and the Rural Poor in the COVID-19 Context?
(2020-06)
Mobile money is widespread across Africa. The GSMA reports that around half of the 1 billion mobile money accounts worldwide were registered in Africa in 2019. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone, mobile money transactions ...