Future Leaders Programme 5: Green Industrialisation in Africa

Future Leaders Programme 5: Green Industrialisation in Africa (2-6 September 2024, Muldersdrift).

The programme will take place alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) and is a partnership between DLD, APORDE, the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI-ID) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). The theme for the programme is Green Industrialisation in Africa.

The 5-day intensive training course consists of lectures and seminars by leading international and African economists. It is of particular relevance given:

• The slow pace of industrial development on the African continent and the threat of premature deindustrialisation.
• The increasing threat posed by climate change and the impact of and opportunities arising from a shift to a low carbon economy.
• The increasing relevance and need for green industries.
• Challenges in financing green industrial policy.
• Discussions about the most appropriate strategies to advance structural transformation and regional integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

This FLP/IPPM will cover topics in development economics and industrial policy, with a focus on green industrialisation in Africa. Several lectures will be held jointly with the APORDE programme. The training will include sessions on:

• Greening industrialisation in Africa: a practitioner's view
• The Impact of Climate Change on Industrial Development
• Agriculture, the Industrialisation of Freshness and Industrial Policy
• Financing Green Structural Transformation in Africa

Applications for this programme are now closed.

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Future Leaders Programme (FLP) workshops bring together a small number of people who are expected to be in senior leadership positions in the coming years for a workshop involving lectures, discussion sessions, and debates.

Each FLP workshop has a key theme and/or regional focus and is led by presenters with a wealth of senior experience in government, academia, the private sector, civil society, and international organisations.