Background Information
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to about 220 countries and territories with more than 80million cases; and claimed over 1.7million lives globally. In Africa, over 2.6million cases have been reported in all countries, with nearly 64,000 deaths.
Africa CDC continue to work with Member States to ensure an effective response to the outbreak by Member States, including maintaining key public health measures which have helped to slow down the pandemic on the continent during the first wave. Those measures remain crucial as some countries are already experiencing a second wave of infections.
Dr Nkengasong briefing this week will cover regular updates on the COVID-19 situation and Africa CDC response activities across the continent. The Director will also emphasize the urgent need for member states to step up the joint efforts to acquire vaccines and begain immunizing the population as the second wave of COVID19 infections escalates.
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
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December 18, 2020
The shortcomings and scarcity of data on migration have limited the capacity of the African Union (AU) Member States to conceive coherent migration policies. Furthermore, the informal character of migratory movements, the porosity of borders and the complexity of the collection of data on human mobility at the continental level, going from and to Africa, have made the management of migratory movements very difficult.
Against this backdrop, the AU, through Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.695 (XXXI) the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union committed to establish, in Morocco, the African Migration Observatory, as an AU organ, to address the real and pressing need for Africa to generate knowledge and better understand the migration phenomenon.
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December 18, 2020
Zoom Virtual Platform, 16th – 17th December 2020. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commissions (AUC) organized Virtually the 9th Industry Strategic Stakeholders Retreat to formulate, implement and harmonize industrial development policies on the continent. The objective of the strategic stakeholder retreat was to provide a platform for different stakeholders including the Private Sector; Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Member States (MS), Civil Society, Academia, Industry Policy and Research Think Tanks, Financing and Development Partners to exchange views and experiences on the readiness of Africa’s Industrialization, and its Productive Capacity for the start of trade on 1st January 2021 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aimed at boosting Intra-African trade.
The African Union Commission organized Virtually the 9th Industry Stakeholders Strategic Retreat.
Zoom Virtual Platform, 16th – 17th December 2020. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commissions (AUC) organized Virtually the 9th Industry Strategic Stakeholders Retreat to formulate, implement and harmonize industrial development policies on the continent. The objective of the strategic stakeholder retreat was to provide a platform for different stakeholders including the Private Sector; Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Member States (MS), Civil Society, Academia, Industry Policy and Research Think Tanks, Financing and Development Partners to exchange views and experiences on the readiness of Africa’s Industrialization, and its Productive Capacity for the start of trade on 1st January 2021 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aimed at boosting Intra-African trade.