Covid-19 travel bans will cause long-term damage to national economies across Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on his visit to Nigeria on Wednesday.
Ramaphosa met Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday as part of a multi-nation visit.
The two leaders signed some agreements and memoranda of understanding to advance trade and investment, development, economic upliftment, and youth empowerment, among others.
According to the presidency, the two countries signed about 32 agreements — with three more added after this week’s engagements.
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These are an MOU in the field of youth development, an agreement on audiovisual co-operation, and a programme of co-operation on arts and culture.
President Ramaphosa used the opportunity to again call on those countries who had imposed travel bans on SA — and other African states — to reverse their decisions.
He said, “Indeed, the leaders of Ivory Coast, where we will be travelling to later today, as well as of Ghana and Senegal, have also expressed their dissatisfaction with the travel ban against SA and our sister countries in Southern Africa.
“This is a global pandemic, and overcoming it requires that we collaborate and work together as a collective. The resulting damage from this ban to national economies on the continent will be considerable and long-lasting.”
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