Low vaccination rates will slow sub-Saharan economic growth
A Kenyan medic prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, during a mass vaccination drive at the Dandora Health center in the Nairobi’s informal settlement on August 10, 2021. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP
The economy of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow by 3.7 percent in 2021 and 3.8 per cent in 2022, depending on the success of efforts to curb Covid-19.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its October Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa, One Planet, Two Worlds, Three Stories, published on Thursday, shows that vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa has been slower than other regions due to low access to and supply of vaccines.
