By MUTISUNGE ZULU JUST when the world is showing signs of global recovery propelled by economies re-opening as vaccine efforts intensify, Africa still grapples with inequalities in the pandemic management faculty.With vaccine rates of about 2.0 percent, “vaccine apartheid” is one item of issue that has become topical at global forums such as the World Bank spring meetings and the recently ended G7 Summit.Will developed nations assist developing and poorer nations with vaccine doses to curb Covid-19? Well, the G7 nations last week made solid pledges to donate vaccines to developing nations to help fight this pandemic.If it was not for Covid-19 the world would still have climate change as top risk as its effects are forecast to be far more dire than the corona virus.In fact, it is estimated that by 2050 if climate change is not addressed, the global GDP would lose $23 trillion about 8.5 percent of the G7 nations’ (‘the rich’) output. […]
PANDEMIC RISK, CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SLOW ZAMBIA’S, AFRICA’S GROWTH MOMENTUM IN 2021
