The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance  hosted a Webinar Series: Africa’s response to COVID-19 on 25 May 2020.  This Colloquium, the second installment of the Webinar series, was hosted in partnership with TIPS, CCLA, and CCRED. The discussion was on the topic: How the AfCFTA could stimulate an inclusive and developmental post-COVID-19 economic revival

The speakers were Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA; Caroline Ncube, Professor at the UCT Law Faculty; Desta Melaku, Advisor to the UN Economic Commission for African; Rob Davies, the former South African Minister of Trade and Industry; Sope Williams-Elegbe, Professor at Stellenbosch University and Adeyemi Dipeolu, the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters in the Office of the Vice-President of Nigeria. 

The discussants were Taffere Tesfaschew, Advisor Ethiopian Investment Commission; Saliem Fakir, Executive African Climate Foundation; Tapiwa Cheuka, PhD Student, and Marumo Nkomo, Doctoral Researcher.