Event – Virtual
What: Webinar for trading and investing
Who: African Development Bank and Korea Customs Service
When: 24 November 2020, 10:45 to 13:45 GMT
Where: Register: https://afdb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LkEds707Sri0utJrYqZ51Q
Join us on 24 November 2020 to discover the real trade and investment opportunities available through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The webinar will provide a forum for sharing knowledge and networking. It will examine key policy actions and the range of investments needed to mitigate the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expert participants will investigate how African countries can move from aid to trade and become part of the new world order.
Objectives of the workshop
Examine the post-COVID-19 needs for retraining, set up the revival and resume of trading and investing in RMCs within the context of the AfCFTA.
Unpack the necessary measures to deepen the reforms in Africa’s business environment and emphasize competitiveness.
Identify critical measures to reduce business costs, with an emphasis on ICT platforms and logistics services and the improvement of cross-border trade facilitation and the delivery of the region’s continental value chains.
Target audience
Participants will include policymakers, local economic communities, SMEs, the private sector and other stakeholders.
Speakers and panelists
Abdu Mukhtar, Director, Department of Industrial and Commercial Development, African Development Bank
Suk E. Pak, Deputy Director, Information Planning Division, Korean Customs Service
Solomon A. Quaynor, Vice President, Infrastructure, Private Sector and Industrial Development
Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade, Ghana
Steve Karingi, Director of the Division for Local Integration and Trade, UNECA
Sydney Chibbabbuka, Commissioner for Customs and Excise, Zambia’s Revenue Authority
Anabel Gonzalez, World Bank Consultant on Trade and Investment
Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive Director, Commercial Law Center for Southern Africa
Yunus Hoosen, Head of the National Investment Agency, South Africa
Onyeka Akumah, Founder and CEO, Farmcrowdy
Edem Adzogenu, Afro Champion
Solange Kamuanga-Tossou | Department of Communications and External Relations Email: s.kamuanga-tossou@afdb.org
Gerald Ajumbo | Trade Facilitation Officer | Department of Industrial and Commercial Development | Email: g.ajumbo@afdb.org