ecomConnect Day: E-commerce, economic recovery & AfCFTA

E-commerce is emerging as one of the key priorities for policymakers and business people alike in the response to COVID 19. Online ordering has provided a vital supply channel for many, and has preserved jobs even while large sections of the economy have been shut down. 

For developing and least developed countries, already behind inadopting e-commerce, the need to accelerate digital transformation is apparent: the economic consequences of the crisis demand ambitious solutions including innovative measures to promote inclusive access to the digital economy and its power to create opportunities and jobs.  

From African economic integration, to the implications for business around the world, a series of discussions and practical workshops frames the importance of e-commerce to economic recovery and inclusivity. 

The day begins with two thematic panels in the morning with a particular focus on Africa – the first considering the implications of the AfCFTA on e-commerce, the…