South Africa experienced a series of unexpected social unrest that saw many township and informal businesses destroyed or looted and malls burnt. It was like a scene from a violent movie, which graduated to loss of lives in some instances.

Impact of Covid-19 and Social unrest a double blow for MSMEs - FinScope uses data to understand current challenges facing MSMEs

Botswana MSME Pulse Pocket guide

Early in 2021 FinMark Trust, with support from the FCDO, set out to understand the effects of the pandemic on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Botswana with a telephonic Business Pulse survey and qualitative interviews.

Migrants have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 economic fallout. In addition to lockdowns and job losses, they struggle to access adequate support, especially for their families back home that depend on them.

Although women’s achievements, resilience and innovations exhibited during the Covid-19 pandemic are worth acknowledging, women continue to face various barriers.

This blog shares updates on the launched Income Relief Fund for Migrants to provide short term relief to SADC migrants and their families with support from FCDO

The Great Reset has happened. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the inflection point with systemic effects that affect how people live their lives

The UK has announced a new package to reach 750 000 people in 8 countries across Southern Africa helping communities worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Limited support has been provided for economic migrants who send money home to support family members. See what support has been created for migrants in South Africa.

Our panellists discuss cross border remittances and domestic payments in selected SADC countries and the challenges faced by payments service providers.

Presentations: Effects of COVID-19 on domestic payments and remittance

View the presentations on the effects of COVID-19 on domestic payments and cross-border remittances in the SADC region below.

What can we do to unlock access to finance for SMEs in South Africa?

COVID-19 Tracking survey - Wave 3 infographic

View wave 3 data in a simple infographic with certain indicators and cross country comparisons.

a significant portion of adult South Africans are exposed to the necessary delivery of cash to get their social grants

South Africa’s informal savings market thrives – R44 billion collectively saved in approximately 820,000 stokvels.

There is a lot of attention on the effects and impact of Covid-19 on our daily lives and we are immersed in stories from all sectors in South Africa.

Oluwatomi Eromosele, Research Officer at EFInA joins CNBC Africa.

The health implications of COVID-19 go beyond the threat it poses itself as an illness.

The research team consists of an international team of academics across ten different international institutions.

We release wave 1 data for our multi-country Covid-19 Livelihoods Impact Survey.

National Covid-19 Livelihood Impact Indicators are now available!

Read more on COVID-19 livelihood impacts, health behaviours and awareness in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

As industries affected by physical-distancing COVID-19 measures race to reconfigure value chains, could platform business models hold the key to accelerated digitisation?

No country or continent is untouched by COVID-19; but developing markets will see more short- and long-term negative social and economic effects than the developed world.

No country or continent is untouched by COVID-19; but developing markets will see more short- and long-term negative social and economic effects than the developed world.

We are currently collecting data for the COVID-19 Tracker. Click on the link to visit the website for more information.

How to ensure inclusive innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic.