Africa’s economic recovery will be short-lived — Quartz Africa Weekly — Quartz

Hi Quartz Africa readers,

This week I had a call with Abebe Aemro Selassie, Africa director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to discuss the organization’s most recent report. It found that despite the devastating effects of covid-19 in Africa, the continent’s economy appeared to recover last year—growing 4.5%, well above the 3.7% the IMF had projected.

Unfortunately, that