McKinsey, 6 April 2020 (McKinsey, 2020)

Africa’s GDP growth will decrease by three to eight percentage points, from 3.9% in 2019 to between 0.4% and –3.9% in the worst-case scenario.

African Development Bank, 3 April 2020

Projected GDP growth contraction of between 0.7 and 2.8 percentage points in 2020.

CNBCAFRICA, 26 March 2020

(CNBCAFRICA, 2020)

The coronavirus-related knock to economic growth in Africa’s three largest economies alone could affect the continent’s GDP growth

from 3.8% to 2.8%.