The 20th Ordinary Session of the Conference of the African Union Ministers of Industry is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya from 10th to 14th June, 2013.
The Conference is
organized under the theme "Accelerating
Industrialization for Africa within the post-2015 Development Agenda".
The main purpose of
this Conference is, among others, to provide a platform for refocusing Africa's
industrialization process within the post-2015 Development Agenda.
CAMI-20 brings
together African Ministers of Industry, African experts in industrial development
and African industrialists, African Private Sector, Academia, UN agencies, NGOs
and other relevant development partners to brainstorm on some of the key issues
for Africa's industrial development within the Post-2015 Development Agenda. It
will provide guidelines for policy orientation and coherence within Post-2015
Development Framework, with a focus on Africa's industrialization as a key
factor for the development processes in the continent. It will highlight, for
instance, technical and other support for the implementation of the Strategy
for the Action Plan for Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa (AIDA).
The following
thematic areas will form the basis for debate during CAMI-20:
• Long-term financing
for African industrialization;
• Capacity building,
Research, Development, and Innovation for
Industrialization;
• Promotion of
private sector entrepreneurship and SME development for
sustainable
employment and economic empowerment of women and
youth;
• Promotion of green
and renewable energy development and cleaner
production for
industrialization and sustainable development.
to achieve
sustainable growth, Africa must move from resource-based economies towards
manufacturing-based economies through the industrial transformation of its
natural resources. Furthermore, demographic transition and policies to create manufacturing
and service jobs for the young generation will be needed to close the gap in growth
and create the jobs needed to reduce poverty. Growth strategies for the future should
give immediate priority to dealing with the unemployment and support productive
activities that create full employment and decent work
SME Africa Trust is among the invited participants and is represented by Eng. Okara, a member of the advisory council
