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The South African aviation firm struggling on
Neo Aviation has lost 40% of its business due to the pandemic but is trying to stay afloat.
Video 3 minutes 46 seconds
The challenges facing tech startups in Uganda
Tech startups are unable to deal with clients and access incubator support due to the pandemic.
Video 3 minutes 53 seconds
The handymen returning to work as lockdown eases
Independent handymen contractors are slowly returning to work as lockdown measures ease.
Coronavirus: How Africa's supply chains are evolving
The coronavirus crisis is transforming and speeding up the evolution of Africa’s supply chains.
Video 2 minutes 54 seconds
Gaming with a South African feel
South African game developer Louis Du Pisani discusses the challenges in developing independent games.
Video 4 minutes 9 seconds
The dramatic rise of learning online
The coronavirus lockdown has pushed learning online, providing opportunities for some African firms.
Video 5 minutes 18 seconds
The future of banking in South Africa
First National Bank boss Jacques Cilliers tells the BBC how the bank is innovating to stay ahead.
Video 3 minutes 46 seconds
The challenges facing tech startups in Uganda
Tech startups are unable to deal with clients and access incubator support due to the pandemic.
Video 3 minutes 53 seconds
The handymen returning to work as lockdown eases
Independent handymen contractors are slowly returning to work as lockdown measures ease.
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Plans scrapped for hundreds of new African hotels
Russell Padmore
Business correspondent, BBC News
The hotel industry across Africa is expected to suffer a slowdown of as much as 40%, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It is a complete change compared with the rosy picture the sector had painted in earlier forecasts for this year.
At the start of this year, accommodation groups planned to build 408 hotels in Africa, with about 78,000 rooms.
However that expansion has been scaled back, with just 90 new hotels now planned.
But according to new analysis by the research group W Hospitality, at least half of these will be delayed.
Last year, 68 hotels were opened by major companies that control chains, which added 40% more capacity, compared to 2018.
W Hospitality says business has been affected by lockdowns, closed borders and airline shutdowns, which deterred tourists and therefore discouraged investment in new projects.
However investors are not ready to check out yet, as some are taking a positive view of expansion by Marriot International, which plans to spend $2bn (£1.6bn) on new hotel projects in Africa over the next three years.
South African game developer Louis Du Pisani discusses the challenges in developing independent games.
First National Bank boss Jacques Cilliers tells the BBC how the bank is innovating to stay ahead.
The coronavirus lockdown has pushed learning online, providing opportunities for some African firms.
Trading surges at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange despite lockdown
Africa's biggest financial market was ready for staff and traders working remotely, because it had tested its system before the Covid 19 restrictions were imposed by the government. Foreign investors took the exit door, but a requirement for local fund managers to keep a portion of their holdings in South African assets kept the market busy. Leila Fourie, the Chief Executive of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, tells the BBC's Russell foreign investors will take a positive view of South Africa, because they can get a better return there, than Europe or the US. (Picture: Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Copyright Reuters.)
Facebook Africa boss Nunu Ntshingila explains the social network's efforts during the lockdown.
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