PROF. WASWA BALUNYWA: Does Coronavirus give Africa a new lease of life? Prof. Waswa Balunywa argues that unless Africa integrates more, fixes corruption, takes all of its children to school, practices big agriculture and gets choosy on foreign capital, while reinstituting government business play in strategic sectors, she will always be the laughing stock of the world- even in post-Covid-19 era.

When that Coronavirus pandemic ends, we don’t know when, the world would have recorded many deaths of human beings and companies. Many companies would have simply closed, some would emerge bruised while others permanently changed. This is true of governments too. The Coronavirus has put countries and governments on a war footing. The measures to put in place cannot be like an exchange of niceties. They will be tough and may hurt too. Many countries have already announced shutdown and stimulus packages. Part of the packages are to ensure that life goes on during the pandemic while others would be…