africon CEO and Partner Marc-Peter Zander presented at the webinar “Challenges and opportunities for the West African economy in the face of COVID-19” organised by the BVMW. Further presentations were held by Andreas Jahn, Head of Politics and Foreign Trade at the BVMW and Bienvenue Angui, Managing Director of the Africa SME Alliance.
Key topics revolved around how West African countries deal with the current pandemic, as well as a look at existing and emerging business opportunities.
As key take-aways, it is clear that West Africa faces a difficult situation with disrupted supply chains and GDP decreases. However, governments have taken initiatives to support businesses. In Nigeria the oil dependency displays a huge challenge, but the economy starts to diversify more which will create opportunities in other sectors.
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