The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) leaders’ meeting is planned to take place in late November 2021 jointly online and in Dakar, Senegal. The triennial summit brings Chinese and African leaders together to discuss new directions in the continent’s most important political and trade relationship.
The summit comes at a key moment: while COVID-19 and climate change threatens development across the Global South, Africa is also pro-actively shaping its own economic destiny through the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
The seminar will cover two broad areas: enhancing Africa-China cooperation in the face of global crises, and exploring new frontiers of the Africa-China trade relationship opened by the AfCFTA.