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COVID-19 impact and recovery

Cenfri is concerned about the global economic and health outcomes of the Coronavirus pandemic. We are continuing to work with partners and other organisations to better understand the impact of COVID-19, with a focus on the following areas: 

This work aims to support policymakers and regulators, central banks, the private sector and others in the mutual efforts to improve resilience and encourage recovery in developing countries.  

The Latest in COVID-19 impact and recovery
The detrimental effects of COVID-19 and lockdown on the livelihoods of female-headed households in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
In our previous article we took a first look at the different ways in which COVID-19 and its associated economic measures impact men and women in [...]
25 May 2020
A trial by fire
The future of financial health measurement What is financial inclusion contributing in the face of COVID-19 and how do we measure it? The [...]
22 May 2020
When digital payment goes viral: lessons from COVID-19’s impact on mobile money in Rwanda
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many African governments have implemented policy changes and lockdowns to prevent the further spread of the [...]
19 May 2020
A first look at gendered impacts of COVID-19 on livelihoods
Data from China suggests that men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than women, but the global circumstances of women (e.g. more vulnerable [...]
15 May 2020
Innovative data collection in the time of COVID-19
Adapting and changing your approaches to research during the time of COVID-19 This webinar focused on some of the learning we have shared as part [...]
12 May 2020
What does the “new normal” for South Africa look like post the COVID-19 lockdown?
As South Africans finally enjoy some exercise in the open air after six weeks of strict government-imposed lockdown, the biggest question on [...]
8 May 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on digitisation in the insurance sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of the insurance sectors’ role in development and in the economic resilience of businesses and [...]
29 April 2020
Shared is better than perfect
The past week has been a challenge for our team, as we analysed and weighted the data we are launching here. We set out with a very ambitious task, [...]
24 April 2020
Digital platforms’ role in African digitisation and gig work on the back of COVID-19
Recent research by insight2impact shows the number of digital platforms – virtual marketplaces – in operation across Africa increased by 37% [...]
21 April 2020
Insurance in the age of COVID-19: The pandemic highlights the need for a new approach
For the last decade, Cenfri and other development partners have focused our approach to insurance development on the welfare implications for [...]
20 April 2020
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