Panel: Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Africa

Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Plenary Session 5: Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Africa

Chair : Jimi Adesina, University of South Africa (South Africa)

Discussant: Dzodzi Tsikata, SOAS University of London (UK)

Presenters :
i) Clement Chipenda, University of South Africa (South Africa) – Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in Zimbabwe: Reflections on Fostering a Transformative Social Policy Agenda in a Post-Pandemic Context
ii) Kate Meagher, London School of Economics (UK) – African Informal Economies and the Will to Protect: Informality, Social Policy and the COVID Gaze
iii) Julia Chukwuma, The Open University (UK) – COVID-19 and Inequalities in Accessing Education and Healthcare in Nigeria
iv) Newman Tekwa, University of South Africa (South Africa) – COVID-19, Gender, and Social Policy Responses: Reflections on Zambia and Mauritius