Objectives:
· To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on African SMEs, identifying the challenges they currently face and the potential solutions to be developed by the AU and partners to resolve them
· To engage with RECs, Member States and private sector on how to increase the engagement and participation of SMEs in intra-African trade ahead of the start of trading of the AfCFTA
· To discuss and chart a way forward regarding the support required to encourage domestication, advocacy and implementation of the AU SME Strategy
· To strategically discuss how to strengthen partnerships and agree on joint work plans for 2021 and beyond in the area of SME development
9th AUC-DTI Industry Strategic Stakeholders Retreat
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December 16, 2020 to December 17, 2020
Theme: “The Readiness of Industrialization, and Its Productive Capacity for the Start of Trade on 1st January 2020 By The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)”.
What: The 9th AUC-DTI Industry Strategic Stakeholders Retreat. The goal is to strategically discuss how to strengthen partnerships and agree on joint work plans for 2021 and beyond as well as to clarify the roles and responsibilities of Partners and RECs on the continent’s Industrialization Agenda and collectively prepare the Summit on Industrialization and Economic Transformation scheduled to be held in Niamey, Niger in November 2021.