The key objective of this dialogue series is to explore sustainable development, which is at the forefront of policymakers and researchers’ agendas across African countries. It is also a critical dynamic within Africa-China relations. As such, this dialogue series will explore three themes across three dedicated dialogue sessions:
- Session 1 (Enhancing Africa – China Economic Cooperation) will explore enhancing Africa-China economic relations, with a specific focus on enhancing trade and investment and the AfCFTA – 13 October 2020, 10am – 1pm GMT+2
- Session 2 (Different Dimensions of Infrastructure Development & Financing) will explore the infrastructure development deficit in African countries, related challenges such as climate change, and how China and Africa can cooperate under the Belt and Road Initiative to enhance cooperation. – 15 October 2020, 9am – 11.15am GMT+2
- Session 3 (Harnessing the 4IR for Economic Development) will explore the latest research on how 4IR issues will affect the continent, and how China, as a leader in new and innovative technologies, can offer insights to African policymakers on how to harness the 4IR to achieve development outcomes. – 15 October 2020, 11.30am – 1pm GMT+2
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Related material: 13 October 2020
Presentations:
- Keynote Speech by HE Ambassador Chen Xiaodong
- Green financing instruments to assist in post-Covid 19 inclusive economic recovery by Palesa Shipalana
- Turning crisis into opportunity? Agricultural exports to China during the trade war by Dr Bhaso Ndzendze
- China’s Manufacturing and Africa’s Industrialisation: A Case Study of Chinese Manufacturing Investment in Ethiopia by Weiwei Chen
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Prospects and Challenges for Africa by Rendani Mamphiswana and Meti Bekele
- Watch the first session of the webinar below:
Related material: 15 October 2020
Presentations:
- Debt sustainability in post-COVID world: frameworks that incorporate new official creditors and the private sector by Peter Fabricius
- Chinese Infrastructure investment and the BRI in Africa by Mma Amara Ekeruche
- The 4IR Prospects and Challenges for Africa by Rendani Mamphiswana and Methi Bekele
- Digital Disruption in Africa – Mapping Innovations for the African Free Trade Area in Post COVID Times by Alastair Tempest and Michelle Chivunga
- Adapting to the 4IR: Africa’s development in the age of automation by Kartik Akileswaran
- Watch the second and third sessions of the webinar below: