What: Webinar on the performance of the timber industry in the Southern African Development Community, the Congo Basin, East Africa, North Africa and West Africa
Who: African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre of the African Development Bank
When: Thursday, 30 November 2022; 13:00 - 15:00 GMT
Where: Virtual. Click here to register
The African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre of the African Development Bank will hold a series of webinars disseminating the findings of five reports on the performance of the timber industry in the Southern African Development Community, the Congo Basin, East Africa, North Africa and West Africa.
The webinar will shed light on the trade balances of different wood products and categories; explore challenges and opportunities to promoting Africa's integration and industrialization through the timber sector; and offer a forum to discuss instruments and incentives to stimulate and encourage downstream processing of the forest resources.
Speakers will include:
Dr Richard Eba'a Atyi, Centre for International Forestry Research
Mr. Themba KHUMALO, Industrial Development Advisor, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Dr Herve MAIDOU, Executive Secretary, Central African Forests Commission
Dr Serge N'GUESSAN, Director General for Central Africa, African Development Bank
Professor Godwin Kowero, Executive Secretary, African Forest Forum
Dr Julius Chupezi TIEGUHONG, African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre
Forest resources and products constitute an important component of natural resources in most African countries. The African Development Bank prioritizes industrializing and integrating Africa through trade in its natural products and commodities.
The webinar series builds on an earlier series organized by the African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre titled Harnessing Africa's forestry sector to drive industrialization and intra-continental Trade. One of the recommendations from that series was the need to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to fill knowledge gaps on the performance of the timber industry in the five African subregions.
Please find the event agenda below
Time
Topic
Speaker
13.00-13.10
Opening remarks
African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre
13.10-13.35
Understanding timber trade balance in the five African sub-regions for promoting investments and industrialisation in the African timber industry.
Youssouf KONE, Regional Integration Coordinator, AfDB (Moderator)
Dr Julius Chupezi TIEGUHONG, AfDB
13.35-14.25
Panel Discussion:
Trade balances in the timber sector: what instruments for a performing industry?
Dorsaf LABIDI ZANGAR, Division Manager, Industrial Development, Trade & Investment Climate, AfDB (Moderator)
Dr Richard Eba'a Atyi, CIFOR
Mr. Themba Khumalo, AfCFTA
Dr Herve MAIDOU, COMIFAC
Serge N'GUESSAN, AfDB
Prof. Godwin Kowero, AFF
14.25-14.55
Q&A session
All participants
14.55-15.00
Closing remarks
African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre
Media contact:
Solange Kamuanga-Tossou, Communication and External Relations Department, African Development Bank | Email: media@afdb.org
Expert contact :
Julius Chupezi Tieguhong
