Development challenges in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: Session 4
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2021-02-16

This event was a two-day online conference convened by UNU-WIDER on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, 11-12 February 2021. The fourth session of the conference was a panel discussion on the new normal and future development of  Africa. The session and the conference closed with a summary and vote of thanks by UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Maureen Were.

Panelists:
Satu Santala, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Role of development partners (4:26)
Désiré J.M. Vencatachellum, African Development Bank: Resource mobilization in the wake of COVID-19 (22:44)
Njuguna Ndung’u, African Economic Research Consortium: Emerging opportunities (36:46)

This session was chaired by UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist.

Read more and see the programme of the conference: https://www.wider.unu.edu/node/238219