Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
International financial institutions have provided significant financial assistance to African countries in fast-track support amid the coronavirus economic turmoil, but African states still face financing needs of $1.2 trillion through 2023, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday.
