OPENING SESSION : REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY UNDER THE AfCFTA
Welcome Chair
Saul Levin (TIPS)
Opening Remarks
Prof Fiona Tregenna (SARChI, UJ),
Stephen Seaka (Absa),
Pamela Mondliwa (IDC)
Prof Faizel Ismail (NMS)
Keynote address
Dr Tsotetsi Makong (AfCFTA)
SESSION 1 : REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY UNDER THE AfCFTA
- Presentation: Regional Integration and Industrial Development: Strange Bedfellows for African Continental Free Trade Area Programme in Southern Africa - Vuyo Mjimba
- Presentation: Enhancing Regional Value Chains Under AfCFTA: Case of COMESA’s Industrial Growth
Michael Weluzani - Presentation: The AfCFTA's, developmental regionalism and industrial policy in Southern Africa: Turning point for transformative industrial development in a troubled region? - Torque Mude
- Presentation: AfCFTA as a Catalyst for Intra-African Trade, Development and Industrialization: The Role of South Africa - Bongumusa P. Makhoba
- Paper: Regional Integration and Industrial Development: Strange Bedfellows for African Continental Free Trade Area Programme in Southern Africa - Vuyo Mjimba
- Paper: Enhancing Regional Value Chains Under AfCFTA: Case of COMESA’s Industrial Growth - Michael Weluzani
- Paper: The AfCFTA, developmental regionalism and industrial policy in Southern Africa: Turning point for transformative industrial development in a troubled region? - Torque Mude
- Paper: AfCFTA as a Catalyst for Intra-African Trade, Development and Industrialization: The Role of South Africa - Bongumusa P. Makhoba
SESSION 2 : TRADE FACILITATION AND IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS IN THE AfCFTA
- Presentation: Easy to Declare, Hard to Implement: Dissecting Policy Gaps in Southern African Regional Value Chains - Angelo Macuacua
- Presentation: The expansion of South African service companies into Africa: towards regional value chains - Soren Scholvin, Justin Visagie and Ivan Turok Presentation by Justin Visagie
- Presentation: OSBPs as Mechanisms to Advance AfCFTA Implementation - Anele Sigcau
- Paper: Easy to Declare, Hard to Implement: Dissecting Policy Gaps in Southern African Regional Value Chains - Angelo Macuacua
- Paper: One Stop Border Posts and Free Movement of Goods and People as Mechanisms to Advance AfCFTA Implementation - Anele Sigcau
SESSION 3 : SECTOR STRATEGIES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE AfCFTA
- Presentation: South Africa's Spatial Industrial Areas and their role in driving industrial development and regional integration through the AFCFTA - Vuxaka Mashau
- Presentation: Economic Partnership Agreement, Trade Flows and Growth: Evidence from selected SADC Countries - Canicio Dzingirai
- Presentation: Clustering & Strategic Industrial Financing Development Partnership Projects & Operations Approach Towards Inclusive Growth & Sustainable Industrialisation - Thakaramahlaha Lehohla, Pali Lehohla and Moses Mwanjirah Presentation by Thakaramahlaha Lehohla
- Paper: Clustering & Strategic Industrial Financing Development Partnership Projects & Operations Approach Towards Inclusive Growth & Sustainable Industrialisation - Thakaramahlaha Lehohla, Pali Lehohla and Moses Mwanjirah Presentation by Thakaramahlaha Lehohla
SESSION 4 : BUILDING REGIONAL INDUSTRY THROUGH TRADE, SPACE AND STRATEGIC COLLABORATION
- Presentation: Do as everyone else: Policies and Strategies for the growth of Africa's pharmaceutical sector - Jens Pedersen and Antonia Wellman Presentation by Jens Pedersen
- Presentation: Building Skills for Blue Industrialisation: Addressing Education and Training Gaps in Africa's Coastal Economies under the AfCFTA - Kolisa Yola Sinyanya
- Paper: Do as everyone else: Policies and Strategies for the growth of Africa's pharmaceutical sector - Jens Pedersen and Antonia Wellman Presentation by Jens Pedersen
- Paper: Building Skills for Blue Industrialisation: Addressing Education and Training Gaps in Africa's Coastal Economies under the AfCFTA - Kolisa Yola Sinyanya
SESSION 5 (A) : UNLOCKING NON-TRADE BARRIERS FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION
- Presentation: The Role of Logistics in Achieving AfCFTA Goals: Challenges and Solutions - William Gaviyau
- Presentation: Assessing the Alignment of Industrial Policies with AfCFTA Goals A Comparative Analysis of Infrastructure Development in Southern African Countries - South Africa and Zimbabwe - Sibongile Nkosi, Godfred Zina and Mamonei Ndaba (contributor) Presentation by Sibongile Nkosi
- Paper: The Role of Logistics in Achieving AfCFTA Goals: Challenges and Solutions - William Gaviyau
- Paper: Assessing the Alignment of Industrial Policies with AfCFTA Goals A Comparative Analysis of Infrastructure Development in Southern African Countries - South Africa and Zimbabwe - Sibongile Nkosi, Godfred Zina and Mamonei Ndaba (contributor) Presentation by Sibongile Nkosi
SESSION 5 (B) : UNLOCKING NON-TRADE BARRIERS FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION
- Presentation: Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in Zambia: Gaps, Barriers, and Strategic Opportunities for Sustainable Development - Kiru Sichoongwe
- Presentation: Impact of infrastructure development of trade barriers and industrial growth in Southern Africa- Sand Mba-Kalu and Moses Odumu Presentation by Moses Odumu
- Paper: Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in Zambia: Gaps, Barriers, and Strategic Opportunities for Sustainable Development - Kiru Sichoongwe
- Paper: Impact of infrastructure development on trade barriers and industrial growth in South Africa - Sand Mba-Kalu and Moses Odumu Presentation by Moses Odumu
SESSION 6 (A) : ADVANCING GENDER AND YOUTH INCLUSION IN THE AFCFTA
- Presentation: Gender, Trade, and Regional Integration: Assessing Women Entrepreneurs' Participation and Small Business Development in AfCFTA within SADC Countries - Maphefo Sipula, Nokwanda Motsitsi and Nozipho Ziqubu Presentation by Nozipho Ziqubu and Nokwanda Motsitsi
- Presentation: Beyond Formalisation: Reimagining AfCFTA for Zimbabwean Women Informal - Ndawonde Nompumelelo
- Presentation: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Gender - Charles Turay ‘
- Paper: Gender, Trade, and Regional Integration: Assessing Women Entrepreneurs' Participation and Small Business Development in AfCFTA within SADC Countries - Maphefo Sipula, Nokwanda Motsitsi and Nozipho Ziqubu Presentation by Nozipho Ziqubu and Nokwanda Motsitsi
- Paper: Beyond Formalisation: Reimagining AfCFTA for Zimbabwean Women Informal Cross-Border Traders in Southern Africa - Ndawonde Nompumelelo
- Paper: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Gender - Charles Turay
SESSION 6 (B) : ADVANCING GENDER AND YOUTH INCLUSION IN THE AFCFTA
- Presentation: Reflections for the implementation of the AfCFTA protocol on women and youth in trade - Penny Parenzee and Agisanang Magooa Presentation by Penny Parenzee
- Presentation: Leveraging AfCFTA to harness Uganda's demographic dividend for youth employment - Emolot David
- Paper: Reflections for the implementation of the AfCFTA Protocal on women and youth in trade - Penny Parenzee and Agisanang Magooa Presentation by Penny Parenzee
- Paper: Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area AfCFTA to harness Ugandas demographic dividend for youth employment - Emolot David
SESSION 7 : ADVANCING GENDER AND YOUTH INCLUSION IN THE AFCFTA
- Presentation: Will the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) break Africa's industrialization jinx? : A political economy analysis - Clayton Vhumbunu
- Presentation: Trade Finance in Intra-African Trade under AfCFTA - Ndirangu Ngunjiri, Kamau Warunyua and Beatrice Mbinya Presentation by Ndirangu Ngunjiri
- Presentation: Value creation, capture and redistribution in food value chains in East and Southern Africa - Arthur Khomotso Mahuma
- Presentation: A regionally integrated Hub-and-Spoke model for critical mineral beneficiation in Africa - David Mparutsa
- Paper: Will the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) break Africa's industrialization jinx? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - Clayton Vhumbunu
- Paper: Trade Finance in Intra-African Trade under AfCFTA - Ndirangu Ngunjiri, Kamau Warunyua and Beatrice Mbinya, Presentation by Ndirangu Ngunjiri
- Paper: Value creation, capture and redistribution in food value chains in East and Southern Africa - Arthur Mahuma, Grace Nsomba and Simon Roberts
- Paper: A regionally integrated Hub-and-Spoke model for critical mineral beneficiation in Africa - David Mparutsa
SESSION 8: ADVANCING GENDER AND YOUTH INCLUSION IN THE AFCFTA
- Presentation: Africa’s Response to Climate and Trade Policies (BCAs) - Seutame Maimele
- Presentation: Governance for Africa's Critical Minerals under AfCFTA - Evans Rubara
- Presentation: Incorporating a Just Transition mindset in addressing the Climate Emergency: A focus on Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa - Taahira Goga and Valetina Russo Presentation by Taahira Goga
- Presentation: The Just Energy Transition (JET) - How disused coal mines could become sites of job creation - Nicola Wills
- Paper: How can South Africa engage the EU (and other G20 members) on CBAM and advance a 'Just Transition' in Africa during its G20 Presidency and beyond – Prof Faizel Ismail and Seutame Maimele
- Paper: Strengthening Governance Mechanisms for Sustainable Resource Management in Regional Contexts in the Critical Minerals' Era - Evans Rubara
- Paper: Incorporating a Just Transition mindset in addressing the Climate Emergency: A focus on Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa - Taahira Goga and Valetina Russo Presentation by Taahira Goga
- Paper: The Just Energy Transition (JET) - a policy brief considering employment opportunities in the rehabilitation of closed and abandoned coal mines - Nicola Wills
SESSION 9: GREENING AFRICA’S INDUSTRIES
- Presentation: Carbon Sovereignty and Regional Solidarity: The Political Economy of Green Industrialisation under the AfCFTA - Dale Trimble
- Presentation: Green hydrogen and industrial development - Muhammed Patel
- Presentation: Leveraging the AfCFTA for renewable energy component manufacturing in Africa - Sithobile Khoza
- Paper: Carbon Sovereignty and Regional Solidarity: The Political Economy of Green Industrialisation under the AfCFTA - Dale Trimble
- Paper: Leveraging the AfCFTA for renewable energy component manufacturing in Africa - Sithobile Khoza
SESSION 10: HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY AND REDUCING INFORMATION ASSYMETRIES TO EMPOWER FIRMS
- Presentation: Information Frictions and Firms' Trading Decisions: Evidence from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) - Socrates Majune
- Presentation: Inclusive or Exclusive? Digital Industrialisation in the Wake of the AfCFTA - Theshaya Naidoo
- Presentation: AfCFTA and B-BBEE Compliance: A Panacea for Enhanced Small Business Development in South Africa? - Francis Marimbe
- Paper: Information Frictions and Firms' Trading Decisions: Evidence from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) - Socrates Majune
- Paper: Inclusive or Exclusive? Digital Industrialisation in the Wake of the AfCFTA - Theshaya Naidoo
- Paper: AfCFTA and B-BBEE Compliance: A Panacea for Enhanced Small Business Development in South Africa? - Francis Marimbe
PLENARY SESSION
Moderator
Dumisani Mkhonza (ABSA)
Closing Panel Discussion
Prof Faizel Ismail (NMS and Chair of the AfCFTA Trade and Industrial Development Advisory Council)
Rob Davies (Former Minister of the dtic and member of the AfCFTA Trade and Industrial Development Advisory Council)
Neva Makgetla (Senior Economist, TIPS)
Closing
Tebogo Makube (the dtic and Chair of TIPS Board of Directors)