Draft resolution on the sustainable industrialization and diversification of Africa in the digital era in the context of the coronavirus disease pandemic

Abstract

The Conference of Ministers, Cognizant that digitalization is fundamentally changing the nature of industrialization and the means of achieving it and, in that process, the traditional routes to development, economic diversification and job creation, and Recognizing the importance of natural gas as a key input and a fuel for the clean energy transition of Africa. The Conference of Ministers, Taking note of the issues paper of the Economic Commission for Africa on the sustainable industrialization and diversification of Africa in the digital era in the context of COVID-192 and the finding of the paper that Africa must reimagine its industrialization pathway for sustained and inclusive growth, job creation and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2063 in Africa.