The SADC Secretariat in partnership with the Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the SADC Business Council (hosted by NEPAD Business Foundation), and Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) hosted the 4th SADC Industrialisation Week (SIW) 2019 between Monday, the 05th to Friday the 10th of August 2019 at the Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
The event, themed A Conducive Environment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, increased intra-Regional Trade, and Job Creation, was officially opened by His Excellency Dr. John Joseph Magufuli, President of the Republic of Tanzania and was officially closed by His Excellency Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council.
The SIW2019 targeted high-level delegates including SADC Ministers and senior policy makers from across the continent. Hosted on the margins of the 39th ordinary annual SADC Heads of States and Government Summit, recommendations and outputs from SIW2019 in the form of a declaration have been reported directly to the annual SADC Ministers Meeting, a body which determines policy discussions for Heads of State.
The annual SIW events are public-private engagement platforms aimed at fostering new opportunities for intra-African trade and investment in developing cross border value chains in the region. This year’s event specifically focused on the following:
- intra-regional and African trade, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for infrastructure development in Africa,
- measures and recommendations to develop sustainable Regional Value Chains (RVCs) in SADC,
- exploring the trade barriers and opportunities in industrial value chains(pharmaceuticals, mining, agro-processing, and gas),
- micro seminars on Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME)development, digitisation and financing as well as factory site visits and product exhibitions.
DAY 1 Presentations:
- Running Order slides (Combined presentations)
- Opportunities in Regional Value Chains
- Financing Port Infrastructure
- Opportunities and Challenges for Financing Infrastructure Development
DAY 2 Presentations:
- Implementation of the SADC Industrialisation Strategy & Roadmap 2015-2063
- SADC Industrialisation Week Declarations
- Establishing regional industrial parks for inclusive economic development
- Challenges in Financing Industrialization and the Role of Local DFI’s
- Financing Industrialisation – Opportunities and Challenges
- The EU’s External Investment Plan
- Regional Investment and Business Environment and the Role of SIBE Programme
DAYS 3 and 4 Presentations:
Pharmaceuticals:
- Engagement Plan for African Medicines Agency
- A Snapshot of EAC & SADC Pharma Trade
- Harmonization in medicine regulation – friend or foe?
- EAC Pharmaceutical value chains regional approach – lessons learnt
- Mitigation measures against counterfeit drugs in South Africa
Science and Technology:
- Getting traction with biosimilars in Sub Saharan Africa
- Research & Innovation to support Industrial Development and leveraging opportunities of Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Investment in Big Data for Industrial Development and Competitiveness
- Research and Innovation Investment to Stimulate Industrial Development and Competitiveness
SME Development and Gender:
- Support of SMME development in the informal sector to harness entrepreneurship and innovation
- The role of Private Sector for Inclusive & Sustainable Industrial Development
- Driving Industrialization via Women SME Access to Financial Inclusion
- Women Economic Empowerment: Leveraging on the SADC Regional Tourism Value Chain
- SME’s Role in Industrialization & Market Linkage Case of Small Scale Cross Border Traders
SQAM:
- SADC TBT: Tanzania Participation in SADC SQAM activities
- Role of Quality Assurance and Standards Towards Improved Stakeholder Satisfaction
- Quality Standards as a Basis for Excellence
- Standards and Quality – from theory to a way of life
AfCFTA:
- African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Implications for SADC Industrialisation strategy and roadmap
- Implication for African Continental Free Trade Area for SADC Industrialization Strategy Road Map AfCFTA
Mineral Beneficiation:
- Mining, Growth and Building Linkages for Sustainable Economic Development
- Mining, Linkages and Growth for Sustainable Economic Development
- Towards more sustainable Mining Value Chains
Value chains:
- Services and Value Chains in SADC
- The need for SVCFund as Vehicle for Industrialization in SADC. Lesson from SAGCOT Catalytic Trust Fund
Local Economic Development:
- Local Economic Development and content legislation
- Local Economic Development for Tanzania
- Overview of Oil and Gas Industry in Tanzania
Agriculture:
Industrial Transformation:
