IDEP/ECA Working Session at #WTOPublicForum 2018 - Geneva
Channel: IDEP Official
Date: 12/10/2018

World Trade Organization Public Forum - Trade 2030, October, 2th - Geneva 

IDEP co-organized an event on “How to harness the industrialization opportunities of the AfCFTA in the digital age” with ECA’s institution, the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC). In her moderation, IDEP’s Director Ms. Karima Bounemra, highlighted that the AfCFTA offers a crucial vehicle for delivering on Africa’s industrialization objectives, but at the same time, emphasized that for the AfCFTA to fulfill this goal, African policymakers will need to adjust their strategies in line with recent digital developments. The panel consisted of Mr. David Luke; H.E. Ajay Bramdeo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative at the African Union; H.E. Leopold Ismael Samba, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the WTO; and Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director of the WTO’s Enhanced Integrated Framework. Panelists spoke to both the challenges and opportunities the digital age presents for Africa’s industrialization and identified the need for comprehensive digital industrial strategies that encompass skills development, infrastructure and financing, at both the national and regional level.