As of July 2020, the private sector and governments of the Sub-Saharan African countries implemented a variety of initiatives as a response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Specifically, digital responses were key to improving services within several sectors such as business, health care, and education. Most measures concerned digital payments (33 percent), e-learning (26 percent), and public health information (18 percent).
Digital services responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, by type
144 digital policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic in 31 Sub-Saharan African countries
Supplementary notes
"Includes information on public and private sector responses to COVID-19 since March 2020 collected through online research and therefore is not an
exhaustive list of responses for all countries, but instead a subset of response types observed and recorded during the emergency and recovery phases of
the pandemic."
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World Bank. (October 1, 2020). Digital services responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226270/digital-services-responses-to-covid-19-in-sub-saharan-africa/
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World Bank. (2020). Digital services responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226270/digital-services-responses-to-covid-19-in-sub-saharan-africa/
World Bank. "Digital Services Responses to The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Crisis in Sub-saharan Africa in 2020, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226270/digital-services-responses-to-covid-19-in-sub-saharan-africa/
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Digital services responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, by type [Graph], World Bank, October 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226270/digital-services-responses-to-covid-19-in-sub-saharan-africa/
