Coronavirus keeps striking Africa
While Africa has not really felt
its brunt like Europe, the US and other parts of the world, especially China
where it originated from, it seems it’s gradually beginning to let Africa know
it has it in its sights as well.
Just last week, the much
anticipated Basketball Africa League which was scheduled to commence this week
on Friday, March 13, 2020 had to be postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus.
Now, the influential Forum de
l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain (FIHA) (www.FIHA-Conference.com), which is
known for its ability to link up new investors with developers, consultants,
contractors, hoteliers and political leaders, has been postponed.
It was scheduled to take place in
Abidjan later this month, but as an increasing number of delegates have
expressed reservations about travelling at this time due to coronavirus, it had
to be shifted to 7-9 July and all current registrations will be automatically
transferred.
Jonathan Worsley, Chairman, Bench
Events, FIHA’s organizer, said, “A number of participating companies are
responding to the Coronavirus outbreak by implementing policies to restrict
their executives from travelling and we must make sure that our delegates are
safe. As FIHA is all about networking and meeting people, that is a genuine
challenge. I am grateful to many of our speakers and sponsors who’ve told us
they are willing to reschedule to a later date. We are also grateful to Accor
and the Sofitel for being so understanding and flexible.”
However, it’s not just FIHA and
BAL that coronavirus has struck at.
Rugby Africa has also had to postpone
its U20 Barthés Trophy until further notice because of it.
Khaled Babbou, President, Rugby
Africa stated that “as much as Rugby Africa, the host and most of all the young
players are looking forward to the continental U20 competition in Nairobi, we
need to take every precaution we possibly can from our side to protect our
players and support the fight against the coronavirus as set out by the
authorities. The tournament is not cancelled, but only postponed to a later
date which we will communicate in due time.”
We just hope and pray here at Oseyiza
Oogbodo Blog that a solution will be found to it soonest.
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