In this Africa in Fact series of blogs, six of our correspondents across the continent will report over the next twelve weeks on aspects of their governments' policies and actions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the corona virus a pandemic on 11 March, and most governments, including many African governments, have adopted a range of measures to contain it.
The poor living conditions of most of Africa's inhabitants will make it difficult to contain and mitigate the pandemic, while some governments' "neglect of marginalised segments of society" has left many people vulnerable to the disruption of such a large-scale shock, according to Eddie Ndopu, a UN Secretary-General's Advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (weforumorg, 1 April 2020).
In this series of blogs, six Africa in Fact correspondents across the continent will use the "wicked problem" lens to report on their governments' policies and actions.
And as with other "wicked problems", we believe that a clearly outlined systemic approach to the major themes of Africa's C-19 crisis can provide a helpful backdrop to evaluating and strengthening the response of African governments to the pandemic.
