Format: Virtual

Building on the operationalization of AfCFTA, AIW 2021 focused on:

• Developing new regional value chains for SMEs, youth, and women entrepreneurs.
• Enhancing collaboration between policymakers, private sector stakeholders, and international development partners.
• Strategic sessions on advancing agro-industrial transformation and green industrialization.

 

Key Takeaways:

• Renewed high-level political commitments to industrialization.
• Progress in creating an AU-led industrial policy framework.