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

Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm (CAT)
Follow the link to join Zoom meeting
Zoom Meeting ID: 934 8799 2577

The speakers include: 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 include: Taffere Tesfaschew, Advisor Ethiopian Investment Commission; Saliem Fakir, Executive African Climate Foundation; Tapiwa Cheuka, PhD Student, and Marumo Nkomo, PhD Student.

For more information please contact Clever Chikwanda: clever.chikwanda@uct.ac.za