Alban Igwe, Deputy Chairperson, CILT Nigeria is Guest Speaker for CILT international webinar on Wednesday 1st July 2020.

1. COVID 19 - Challenges and
Opportunities for Africa
By
Alban Igwe Esq.
Deputy National President
CILT Nigeria

2. Outline
• Covid 19 – Origin and Effect
• COVID 19 in Africa
• Challenges
• Opportunities
• The Nigerian Experience
• Conclusion

3. Origin and Effect
• Disease - coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
• Virus - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
• Origin- Wuhan, China.
• Confirmed cases -10 021 401
• Confirmed deaths - 499 913
• Countries, areas or territories with cases - 216
• Source: World Health Organization as @ 29 June 2020.

4. COVID 19 in Africa
• 382,000 cases in African (3.81%) of global.
• 9664 deaths (1.93%) of global
• 182553 Recoveries
•

5. Challenges
• Deficit Infrastructure
• Over-reliance on foreign assistance
• Corruption

6. Opportunities
• Constrained to Confront (C 2 C)
• Over 90% Home-made nose masks
• COVID-19: Nigeria to join solidarity drug trials –WHO

7. Nigeria in Focus
Population = 206 million +
Confirmed
Cases
Active
Cases
Discharged
Cases
Death
25133 15158 9402 573
Samples tested = 134,257
* Note that Cross River State has population more than twice Estonia (1947
confirmed cases) but has no incidence of COVID 19

8. Conclusion
• Africa has come to discover home grown solutions
to its problems and that trend is most likely to be
sustained in nearest future.