Africa: Guterres Pledges Support for Sustainable Industrial Development in Africa

20 November 2020

The COVID-19 crisis was impacting Africa "well before the pandemic spread across the continent", the UN chief said on Friday, marking Africa Industrialization Day, arriving at a point when many economies were expanding and "poverty was in decline".

"Technology and innovation were being embraced across the continent, and progress had been made in unity and economic integration", Secretary-General António Guterres added.

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