Poster for the event The African Informal Economy in the Era of COVID-19

Presentation

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society and Open Air present:

Panelists:

  • Oumnia Boualam, Managing Director of Oxford Business Group, Morocco
  • Fatou Gueye Lefevre, Professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
  • Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Professor of Economics at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Florent Song-Naba, Professor and Vice-President of Research and int. coop. Ouaga II University, Burkina Faso
  • Marie-Thérèse Um-Ngouem, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Douala, Cameroon

Moderator:

  • Abdelhamid Benhmade, Open AIR member

This is a joint event between the DST/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development at the University of Johannesburg and the Open African Innovation Research Partnership (Open AIR). Covid-19 has had devastating social and economic impacts on those operating in the informal points:

(1) The economic and social consequences of Covid-19 on the informal economy,

(2) Short-term actions to help reduce the negative impacts of Covid-19 on the informal economy,

(3) Medium-term actions to gradually relaunch informal activities,

(4) Long-term actions to make informal innovation a lever for post-pandemic recovery.

Accessibility
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Date and time
Aug 28, 2020
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Format and location
Virtual
Language
English, French
Audience
General public