COVID-19:Trade expert says AfCFTA could help Africa bounce back
Boosting intra-African trade can serve as an alternative stimulus package for job creation, foreign exchange, industrial development and economic growth. If Africa had implemented agreements and frameworks such as the AfCFTA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa plan, our economies would have been more diversified, stronger, and less affected by COVID19. The trade expert noted, however, that COVID-19 has proven that African countries can adapt and respond to demand. The webinar was part of a series of virtual press briefings organised by ECA in collaboration with the African Women in Media network to raise awareness on issues contained in a recently launched ECA report titled “COVID-19 in Africa: Protecting Lives and Economies”
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2020-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44743 |
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