26th March 2025
53rd Session of the ARSO Monthly Webinar Series
Time: 1400 – 1600 HRS EAT
Watch Here: Africa’s Strategic Commodities and Trade
Theme: Africa’s Strategic Commodities and Trade
Topic: Role of standardisation in developing effective Regional Value Chains for Africa’s Strategic Commodities and promotion of Intra-Africa Trade and Global Market Access. Download Presentation
Sub-Topics and Panelists.
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- Africa Strategic Commodities: Leveraging the benefits of standards to facilitate intra- African Trade under the AfCFTA – The ARSO standardisation and Made-in-Africa Qualification criteria initiatives – Mr. Emmanuel Kirwa, ARSO TCs Coordinator, Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. Download Presentation
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- Made by Africa: Creating Value through Integration: Accelerating Africa’s productive transformation as a policy priority for Africa’s Industrialisation and promotion of Intra African Trade – The 2022 AU/EU/ITC Value Chain Diagnostic study on strategic Africa priority sectors and opportunities within the AfCFTA – Ms. Julia Spies – Chief, Trade and Market Intelligence, ITC. Download Presentation
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- Made in Africa: why priotising the development of regional value chains for key and strategic commodities for Africa is strategic for Africa’s sustainable industrialisation and development and for boosting intra-African trade – Komi Tsowou, Regional Advisor on AfCFTA/Regional Service Centre for Africa, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP. Download Presentation
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- Africa’s strategic Commodities and why their Effective Regional Value Chains remain key in boosting Africa’s industrial products, intra-Africa trade and exports in global trade – UNIDO’s Initiatives in strengthening Africa’s industrial transformation of Africa’s Strategic Commodities and regional value chains through Quality Infrastructure”… Ms. Catherine Mwangi, Project Administrator, MSME Competitiveness, Quality and Job Creation Division, UNIDO; Mr. François Denner, Chief Technical Advisor, MSME Competitiveness, Quality and Job Creation Division, UNIDO. Download Presentation