
<p>A cabinet meeting, held via video conference and chaired by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, has resolved to extend the country’s existing <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/east-africa/2020/04/15/rwandan-frank-nsonga-on-how-he-battled-covid-19-and-won/">COVID-19</a> lockdown for another eleven days, meaning it will now end on 30 April.</p>



<p>This is the second time the government has extended the <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/east-africa/2020/04/09/im-bank-rwanda-reduces-interest-rates-by-0-5-to-cushion-customers-from-covid-19/">lockdown period</a>.</p>



<p>For more coverage on COVID-19 visit: <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/</a></p>



<p>The following statement provides more details:</p>



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Rwanda extends COVID-19 lockdown until 30 April

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<p>With 55 confirmed cases, 20 recovered and zero deaths registered as of today, Uganda pushes forward in its fight against the spread of COVID-19. Generous private sector donations, the approval of a COVID-19 response budget and updated measures announced by President Museveni are some of the updates. Analyst and Chief Strategist, Ken Agutamba joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Uganda approves COVID-19 response budget

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<p>The creative industry; music, movies, art have been heavily hit by the COVID-19 but amidst all this comes an opportunity and possibly a need to retool, CNBC Africa spoke to the Partnership Officer at Africa Digital Media Foundation, Mikui Mbindyo for more.</p>


How Africa’s entertainment industry is reacting to the COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Kenya has over the past few weeks been gradually increasing COVID-19 prevention measures and prioritising mass testing in efforts to stop the spread of the virus, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped indirect challenges from arising. Yesterday President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation one the way forward and we have Government Spokesperson, Colonel Cyrus Oguna joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


This is what Kenya is doing to protect its citizens against COVID-19


<p><em>By Paul Polman, Siddharth Chatterjee and Myriam Sidibe</em></p>



<p>The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that now is “a defining moment for modern society.&nbsp; History will judge the efficacy of the response not by the actions of any single set of government actors taken in isolation, but by the degree to which the response is coordinated globally across all sectors for the benefit of our human family.”</p>



<p>Governments, the private sector, and development institutions need to come together in innovative ways not just to flatten the curve of infection and mitigate the economic disruption, but also to prepare for the new normal of the post-Covid world in Africa and the rest of the world. &nbsp;Greater partnership between the public and private sectors is going to be critical. The fight to flatten the coronavirus curve is an acid test for stakeholder capitalism and especially for multilateralism.</p>



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<p>As Covid-19 continues to spread sickness and death, Africa has so far escaped the worst effects.&nbsp; The continent’s lagging health care infrastructure, however, makes it highly vulnerable if the virus reaches the high-velocity community transmission we have seen in Italy, Spain and New York.&nbsp; Not only are health systems delicate, but crucial medical supplies are far from sufficient, and social protections as a whole are weak.</p>



<p>With the health crisis also becoming an economic and soon a social crisis, the continent is under siege.&nbsp; Many companies are struggling through the economic slowdown, with tourism and smaller enterprises the most challenged.&nbsp; With bankruptcy and job losses looming, many families are already reducing spending and consumption.&nbsp; In the absence of significant fiscal stimulus &#8211; which few African countries can afford anyway &#8211; some projections are cutting the continent’s GDP growth in 2020 by as much as eight percentage points.</p>



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<p>No one knows for sure what is ahead, with scenarios changing daily as new information comes through.&nbsp; Many firms are focused on business continuity, employee safety and simply survival and lack the luxury of assisting external stakeholders.&nbsp; But it’s time for an all-hands-on-deck response, both to flatten the curve of infections and keep businesses resilient, and to be ready to restart as physical distancing ends.&nbsp; More than ever before, the private sector needs to deploy its full capabilities to innovate and bring positive, sustainable change – to help secure strong markets in the future.</p>



<p>There are several areas where private sector support is essential.&nbsp; Current priorities include unified communication platforms to enable populations to practice the needed preventative behaviours (washing hands, wearing masks, and practicing physical distancing), as well as managing stocks of essential materials, test kits, ventilators and oxygen and PPE. Support would also include protecting the most vulnerable people from the economic effects of the pandemic, especially where curfews are enforced.</p>



<p>This is also a unique opportunity to challenge sceptics, in both the not-for-profits and for-profit sectors, with a new blueprint of collaboration.&nbsp; The World Health Organisation has issued guidelines on engaging the private sector as part of a whole-of-society response to the pandemic and has signed an iconic partnership with the International Chamber of Commerce.&nbsp; The African Union and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have also launched a public-private partnership known as the Africa Covid-19 Response Fund, which raises resources to prevent transmission and support sustainable medical responses.</p>



<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In Kenya the national government has led the charge in fighting Covid-19 by rapidly scaling up a large array of public health interventions and putting into force social interaction rules. &nbsp;To complement the government’s preparedness and response efforts for the next six months, the United Nations, together with humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisations launched a flash appeal seeking over US$267 million to respond to the critical needs of 10 million of the country’s most vulnerable people.&nbsp;</p>



<p>So far the pandemic has not been the finest hour for international cooperation.&nbsp; But the role of the UN and the private sector has never been more critical as an enabler of multisectoral partnerships for deliveries, and also to keep the focus on the most vulnerable that these partnerships need to reach. &nbsp;</p>



<p>In Kenya, and under the leadership of the Government, the UN has built a model to catalyse public private action: the SDG Partnership Platform. It is a tested instrument for engagement that has brought together a variety of private players in previous initiatives to co-create and rapidly deploy with government large-scale shared-value solutions to address the challenges our societies and planet are facing.&nbsp; It is through such a mechanism, for example, that the UN mobilized the private sector to carry out a maternal mortality reduction campaign in Kenya’s north-eastern counties, one that was recognised as a global best practice.</p>



<p>Kenya’s<a href="https://www.covid19businessresponse.ke/"> National Business Compact on Coronavirus</a>, a gathering of companies aimed at accelerating local action and supporting governmental efforts against the pandemic, got successfully off the ground with the help of the UN SDG Partnership Platform, and champions from private sector and civil society. &nbsp;</p>



<p>The Kenyan model of cooperation could take shape all over Africa.&nbsp; Such models allow governments to foster an ecosystem of purposeful partnerships; to amplify private-sector philanthropy, corporate social responsibility and policy advocacy for national mitigation; and to accelerate shared-value partnerships.&nbsp; It also allows the UN to play its role as a neutral broker, and steer a much-needed balance between lethargic action on one hand and misdirected reactions on the other.&nbsp;</p>



<p>This may well be the blueprint needed to fight the next global pandemic, whose speed and fury could surpass what we are witnessing now.</p>



<p><a href="https://twitter.com/PaulPolman"><strong><em>Paul Polman</em></strong></a><strong><em> is </em></strong><strong><em>co-founder of IMAGINE, Chair of the International Chambers of Commerce and former CEO of Unilever</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p>



<p><a href="https://twitter.com/sidchat1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"><strong><em>Siddharth Chatterjee</em></strong></a><strong><em> is the UN Resident Coordinator of Kenya</em></strong></p>



<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Myriam_Sidibe"><strong><em>Myriam Sidibe</em></strong></a><strong><em> is a Senior Fellow at Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School</em></strong></p>


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<p>As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers in East Africa are facing yet another devastating outbreak; a second wave of desert locusts. This has sparked fears of widespread crop loss and serious levels of food insecurity in the region. CNBC Africa spoke to Crystal Wells, East Africa Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross for more.</p>


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<p>The African Union says it is deeply concerned about the alleged discrimination of Africans in China. This follows reports and videos of Africans being kicked out of hotels, being blocked from restaurants and being forced into self-quarantine following a second wave of the coronavirus in the country. So what is China doing about this? Lin Nan, Charge d’affaires of Embassy of the People’s Republic of China spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: Is China discriminating against Africans?

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<p>The UN recently called for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lock-downs imposed by governments responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Balikungeri, Founder, Rwanda Women&#8217;s Network spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>49 of the 134 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rwanda have so far fully recovered according to the Ministry of health, CNBC Africa spoke to one of the recovered patients Frank Nsonga on his experience and how he beat the coronavirus.</p>


Rwandan Frank Nsonga on how he battled COVID-19 and won

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<p>This year&#8217;s genocide commemoration activities were cancelled and citizens had no choice but to remember from home. However, youth took upon social media to keep creating awareness of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Laure Iyaga, Founder of Sana Initiatives joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>NAIROBI (Reuters) &#8211; Kenya’s top telecoms operator Safaricom has seen a 70% surge in data usage as people stay at home to <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/east-africa/2020/04/08/how-african-economies-can-survive-the-covid-19-crisis/">curb the spread of the new coronavirus</a>, it said on Tuesday.</p>



<p>The government closed schools and asked people to work from home where possible last month, after the East African nation reported its first case of the virus.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/videos/2020/04/14/how-kenya-plans-to-help-its-informal-sector-survive-the-covid-19-crisis/">Confirmed cases have risen to 208</a> and additional restrictions, including a night time curfew, have been imposed.</p>



<p>Safaricom, which is partly owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, said mobile phone data usage had jumped 35% as users streamed movies, worked from home and used social media sites like Facebook.</p>



<p>The company is one of the biggest providers of internet access in Kenya, supplying 300,000 homes with a fibre connection, and nearly all of the 47 million population with second, third and fourth generation mobile internet coverage.</p>



<p>Along with financial services platform M-Pesa, the data business has been one of the key drivers of earnings growth for Safaricom in recent years.</p>



<p>(Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Jon Boyle and Mark Potter)</p>



<p>This article was first published on Reuters Africa <a href="https://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKCN21W1NH-OZABS">https://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKCN21W1NH-OZABS</a> and is republished with its permission.</p>



<p>For more coverage on COVID-19 visit: <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/</a></p>


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<p>By Chris Bishop</p>



<p>As the COVID-19 spreads across Africa there have been 10,000 cases – with South Africa suffering the most &#8211; killing 500 people with a 9.4 per cent recovery rate.</p>



<p>The figures are likely to be even higher, in reality, as the World Health Organization admits that it is struggling to test outside African capitals because of a lack of resources, equipment and planes.</p>



<p>“We now have 44 African countries in the WHO region, sub-Saharan Africa, including Algeria, who are testing. In most of these countries there is urgent need to move testing beyond capital cities. We are also facing very much challenge of procurement and supply of equipment,” says Matshidiso Meoti, the director for Africa for the WHO.</p>



<p>“There is a shortage on a global level this is a huge concern for WHO as we work to procure testing kits. Some philanthropists are procuring and providing. There is availability on international markets and transportation but there is a lack of availability of flight in countries. We are working on how can kits can be moved and it is one of the most acute issues we are working on at this time.”</p>



<p>When asked about certain countries in different continents restricting the export of COVID-19 testing and protective equipment Michel Yao, a WHO representative to the Central African Republic, said: “ We are in talks with manufacturers, we need solidarity with countries , who can produce, to have a global approach in this outbreak The outbreak needs to be addressed everywhere at one time if we continue to have outbreaks in Africa, it will continue to affect everyone else.”</p>



<p>A lack of mobility was also causing problems for Africa’s migrants. The lockdown in many countries had seen people stranded up at borders, from Djibouti to the border between Burundi and Tanzania, according to Nairobi-based Mohammeed Abdiker a regional director for the International Organization for Migration. He also warned governments to be careful with refugees.</p>



<p>“Governments should think hard about deporting refugees at this time. If we look at cross border movements, just by deporting two or three thousand people across a border we are increasing the risk of pandemic,”</p>



<p>On the movement front, Ethiopian Airlines told CNBC Africa that, despite losing $550 million dollars through the pandemic, it was prepared to fly equipment to every country in Africa. The airline said billionaire philanthropist Jack Ma had cooperated with the government of Ethiopia to supply equipment for mercy flights across Africa.</p>


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<p>By Louw Nel – Political Analyst</p>



<p>Islamist extremist militants have carried out a spate of attacks targeting villages in the northern Cabo Delgado province on April 6 and 7.</p>



<p>According to reports, armed groups attacked the villages of Bilibiza, Meangalewa, Miengueleua, Muatide, Mueda, Muidumbe, and Ntchinga over two days, burning churches and buildings and abducting people in different locations. No one is believed to have been killed in the attacks.</p>



<p>This follows two incidents on March 23 and 25, in which militants launched brazen attacks and briefly occupied the towns of Mocímboa da Praia and Quissanga.</p>



<p>The first of those attacks was claimed by the Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) militant group, but groups active in the province since 2017 have also been referred to as Al-Shabab and Ansar al-Sunna, among others.</p>



<p>There are no conclusive links between the Mozambican jihadists and foreign-based Islamist extremist groups, and their motives and leadership structure remain unclear.</p>



<p>Mozambican authorities, alarmed by the attacks on Mocímboa da Praia and Quissanga and the threat they represented to the development of offshore natural gas finds, responded by saying that reinforcements were being deployed to Cabo Delgado.</p>



<p>This has clearly not succeeded in containing the threat posed by militants; however, the most recent attacks are more consistent with the groups’ modus operandi. Indeed, the attacks in March represented a significant escalation due to the size of the towns attacked and the fact that security forces had been stationed in both locations.</p>



<p>The more recent attacks targeted more familiar undefended, civilian locations, although Bilibiza is only 34km from Quissanga.</p>



<p>The escalation in Islamist militant activity in Cabo Delgado, along with depressed natural gas prices and concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic, will threaten proposed LNG projects.</p>



<p>Should the deteriorating security environment in the region result in the postponement or even reversal of investment decisions, Mozambique’s medium-term growth prospects will be seriously undermined.</p>


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<p>This week Rwanda recognises the 26th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Typically at this time communities come together and participate in events such candlelight vigils and the Walk to Remember, but this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those activities and all gatherings have been cancelled. CNBC Africa spoke to Dr. Diogene Bideri, Principle Legal Adviser, for the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide for more on the changes to this year’s commemoration plans.</p>


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<p>Safaricom and Vodacom recently announced the completion of the acquisition of the M-pesa brand as well as product development and support services from Vodafone through a newly created joint venture.  This move is expected to accelerate M-pesa&#8217;s growth in Africa. Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, Safaricom Chief Officer for Financial Services joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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