This included measures such as increasing the transaction limits and removal or reduction of fees. There was also direct fiscal support to a large proportion of vulnerable households and businesses. Transfers to households took the form of food distribution, school meals, lowering of the utility bills and tax waivers. 16.
Given pre-existing economic fragilities, huge financing gaps, and weak health infrastructure in most African countries, it became clear that additional financing would be needed to dampen the adverse effects of the pandemic in these countries.