Africa: Banks, Insurance companies help fight Covid-19

As Coronavirus pandemic is continuing its spread in Africa, banks and insurance companies offer their support to governments in fighting the pandemic.

The pan-African banking group UBA, whose head office is in Nigeria, announced in a press release that it makes available to 20 African countries, a donation of 8 billion FCFA to enable these countries where the bank is present, to effectively fight the Coronavirus pandemic.

Sunu Group on its part has donated 310 million FCFA worth of health equipment (masks, gloves, hydro-alcoholic gel, etc.) to support the ministries of health in 15 countries.

Coris Bank Mali has aided Mali government with 20 million FCFA and Orabank Côte d’Ivoire has given a support of 6 million to the country’s health system.

Each company and agency of the UBA group has installed washing facilities at their main entrances. The reception staff have been equipped with masks and gloves. Water-alcoholic gels are made available to staff and visitors in all offices and agencies. A system of one-meter-distance between clients has also been instituted in most agencies to prevent customers’ contamination.

Many banks send to their customers on daily basis prevention messages, stressing the best attitudes to adopt facing the pandemic.

According to World Health Organization, nearly four thousand confirmed positive cases of the disease including 90 deaths are already recorded on the continent.