-- Overview -- Key Messages -- The Foundations of Economic Transformation through Digital Technologies -- Notes -- References … Sub-Saharan Africa -- Availability of Digital Technologies and Their Effects to Date -- Availability of Digital Skills and … -- Human Capital and the Future of Work: What Is Different in Sub-Saharan Africa? -- From Digital Technologies to Jobs through …

-level household datasets from a range of countries in Africa, we examine the drivers of agricultural risks, while exploring the role … to their non-farm counterparts. We demonstrate that the probability of experiencing risks related to agriculture is … variations across contexts and countries in Africa. We also find that farm households witnessed important reductions in their …

Drawing on a representative survey of firms in 38 countries, eight of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper … documents the impact of COVID-19 and firms' coping strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa, benchmarking with other regions. The paper … shows that the impact of the pandemic is more pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with other regions. This …

predicated ‘tens’ of millions of deaths across Africa due to their weak healthcare systems and critical infrastructure. So far …, it appears that Africa is leveraging on local innovations and the resilience gained from dealing with previous outbreaks …