Jonathan Crush is professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, and a founder of the Southern African Migration Program, the African Food Security Urban Network, and the Hungry Cities Partnership.
African countries haven’t yet borne the brunt of COVID-19. But as the virus migrates into the cities and shacks and towns of Africa, it could spread rapidly — pummeling the continent’s austerity-wracked public health systems.