International Webinar
In Focus
In case you missed it:
- Relive the actions during the High-level Policy Dialogue at the Africa Dialogue Series 2023, focusing on each sub-theme: ; Growing Middle Class and Continental Import Substitution: Connecting the Dots to Unlock Made in Africa; and Digital Services Trade: Great Potential but Regulatory Frameworks Are Urgent.
- Read the statement of the United Nations Secretary-General at the High-level Policy Dialogue.
Week 2 | Day Three — 10 May
The day starts with an international webinar including the participation of the Zimbabwean Minister of Industry and Commerce, Her Excellency Ms. Sekai Nzenza, and the Commissioner for Common Market,?Economic, Commerce, and Financial Affairs of the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS), His Excellency Mr. Fran?ois Kanimba. The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, will set the stage, followed by remarks from Ms. Cristina Duarte, UN Special Adviser on Africa. Her Excellency Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN, will deliver the closing message. Senior officials from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will also participate.
The exchange will be pegged to a new policy brief titled "Growing Middle Class and Continental Import Substitution: Connecting the Dots to Unlock Made in Africa." Use the hashtags #ADS2023, #AfricaDialogueSeries and #AfCFTA on social media to participate.
Schedule
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Vienna time (UTC+2)
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (UTC-4) | 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (UTC)
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (UTC+1) | 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (UTC+3)
Policy Brief
Programme
- Moderated by Jeff Koinange, Journalist and host, JKLive
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.: Opening remarks
- Welcoming Remarks, Cristina Duarte, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
- Opening Remarks, Kai Bethke, Director of Member States and Funding Relations, UNIDO
- Opening Remarks, Mohamed Ali, Director of Trade in Goods and Competition, AfCFTA Secretariat
9:10 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Setting the Stage (Video Message)
- H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Panel Discussion
- H.E. Ms. Sekai Nzenza, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Zimbabwe
- H.E. Mr. Fran?ois Kanimba, Commissioner for Common Market, Economic, Commerce, and Financial Affairs, The Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS)
- Amany Asfour, President of the Africa Business Council
- Oluranti Doherty, Director, Export Development, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.: Q&A with the audience
10:25 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Closing remarks and call to action
- Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations