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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/14/us-health-ebola-africa-business-idUSKBN0GE1M420140814
Ebola fear factor threatens to dampen African business buzz
By Pascal Fletcher
JOHANNESBURG Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:24am EDT
(Reuters) - From Accra to Windhoek, fear of the Ebola epidemic is provoking a wave of cancellations of business and investment events across Africa, and threatening to taint the continent's hard-won image as a rising economic star.
A canceled visit by Brazilian executives to Namibia typifies the problems of perception raised for African countries which are remote geographically, economically and culturally from those suffering the outbreak in a corner of the continent.
The Namibian capital, Windhoek, lies about 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the outbreak's West African epicenter - far further away than at least one major Brazilian city and scarcely any closer than Rio de Janeiro. Yet the delegation still called off next week's trip to southern Africa due to pressure from families and employers...
Ebola fear factor threatens to dampen African business buzz
By Pascal Fletcher
JOHANNESBURG Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:24am EDT
(Reuters) - From Accra to Windhoek, fear of the Ebola epidemic is provoking a wave of cancellations of business and investment events across Africa, and threatening to taint the continent's hard-won image as a rising economic star.
A canceled visit by Brazilian executives to Namibia typifies the problems of perception raised for African countries which are remote geographically, economically and culturally from those suffering the outbreak in a corner of the continent.
The Namibian capital, Windhoek, lies about 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the outbreak's West African epicenter - far further away than at least one major Brazilian city and scarcely any closer than Rio de Janeiro. Yet the delegation still called off next week's trip to southern Africa due to pressure from families and employers...