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This article was produced with the support of UN ECA
Meetings were held in Morocco for North and West Africa, Cameroon for Central and East Africa and Zambia for Southern Africa with the overarching themes of AfCFTA implementation, fast-tracking economic diversification and addressing energy deficits respectively.
The events were well attended by delegates from government, business and civil society.
Each region made its own recommendations for both the ECA and Member States and Regional Economic Communities.
Recommendations for the ECA from the different regions included; developing the blue economy, particularly in East Africa, supporting efforts to accelerate a just energy transition, providing technical support for implementing national AfCFTA strategies, formulating a framework to track implementation of ICSOE recommendations, supporting capacity building and quality improvements in African statistics and improving financial mobilisation and debt management.
Recommendations for Member States and RECs included; investing in R & D and establishing a regional research hub, promoting import substitution for food security, improving AfCFTA awareness and investing in regional infrastructure, addressing energy deficits and derisking investment in the sector, strengthening public-private sector partnerships and tackling the digital divide between North and West Africa
Many of the same themes emerged in the report back on preparatory meetings for the CoM, reported Jean Luc Mastaki Namegabe, Director, Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa, ECA.
