On March 21, Rwanda became the first sub-Saharan African country to impose a nationwide lockdown after the Central African country confirmed 17 cases of the novel coronavirus. In no chronological order Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria followed suit.
After this initial wave
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Stephen Onyekwelu
Stephen Onyekwelu is BusinessDay’s Strategy & Enterprise Delivery Executive, specialising in turning editorial vision into enterprise outcomes. A former Online News Editor and lead of the Go Local initiative (print, podcast & BDTV in partnership with Providus Bank), he blends investigative storytelling with platform strategy, conference design, and cross-functional delivery.
