Introduction
The African Development Bank defines Central Africa as Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Angola: 1st death 3/20/20, 1st deaths (2) 3/29/20, schools close Mar 24th, 2 deaths Mar 29
Gabon: 1st case Mar 12, 1st death Mar 20. Little other information.
Angola
PingER monitors four hosts in Angola.
- www.bancosol.ao BancoSol HQ in the capital Luanda
- www.portalangop.co.ao Angola Press Agency in the capital Luanda
- www.internet.ao Internet Technologies In Benfica
- www-05.nexus.ao Nexus Telecom Angola in Luanda
The trajectories for the hosts divide into two:
- www.internet.ao and www.bancosol.ao track one another fairly closely
- www.portalongop.co.ao and www–5.nexus.ao track one another fairly closely
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Angola the first two cases were confirmed Mar 21. Mar 24 schools closed. Mar 29 two Cov id-19 deaths.
Cameroon
Cameroon: First confirmed case March 6th, 2nd case March 6th, 1st Death March 24th. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Cameroon for more information.
Gabon: 1st case Mar 12, 1st death Mar 20. Little other information.
There is no mention of a lockdown or closing of educational, religious establishments etc.
Unfortunately, there are no PingER measurements prior to Mar 6, and even after that no continuous data until Apr 13. Thus we are unable to draw any conclusions.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
PingER monitors two hosts int the DRC. Both are in the capital Kinshasa. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo the first case was Mar 10, schools, bars, restaurants, and places of worship were closed and on 24 March, the president imposed a state of emergency and closed the borders. Looking at the chart below it is hard to see any dramatic changes associated with these dates.
