Webinar series on the African continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Webinar series on the African continetal Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Thursday | 6.5.2021 | 10:00–12:00 CET
AFCFTA CONTEXT:
EXTERNAL INTERESTS AND FINANCE
Both the European Union and China welcome the African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA) and support its formation financially and technically. At the same time, they pursue
their economic interests on the continent in a way that may hinder economic integration
within Africa, e.g. by signing bilateral or regional free trade agreements.
Whereas several African Countries have individually committed resources to support AfCFTA
implementation, surprising enough, the African Union Commission seems unprepared on
how to mobilize domestic resources to finance the implementation of the pact. This is not
only likely to compromise Africa’s ownership of the AfCFTA process, but also affects the
subsequent progress on the body’s attempts to create a self-financing African Union. Add
to this, it is still unclear who will pay for substantial investments in digital and physical
infrastructure that are a precondition for economic integration between African states.
The 2nd webinar of the 2021 online series will discuss external support and interests in
particular from Germany and China to the AfCFTA and explore the financial fundament and
needs of the area.
Speakers: Mr. Frank Dickson Mugyenyi (Head of the division of AfCFTA, Institutional
Support, AU), Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla (Programme Officer, RLS office Dakar),
n.n. (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
n.n. (Expert on China Africa relations)
Moderation: Mr. Sylvester Bagooro (Program Officer, Third World Network-Africa)
Please fill out the registration form: https://www.rosalux.eu/en/topic/23.events.html?id=1236&action=register
All further information will be sent by email.
www.rosalux.eu/webinar-afcfta-en
live stream of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/461138054996587
