thank you and looking forward

Hallo everyone. I'm delighted to be here.

Welcome all

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Hello everyone. Greetings from Uganda. This is Mulumba Jane Nabunnya from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Thank you for organising this dialogue

Yes, wondered if S. Africa also hotspot because they're going house to house and testing.

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Thank you Emily. It's good to be outdoors which hopefully gives a ray of light for those who are indoors.

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These are horrific times caused by this novel pandemic which requires a global response, ie all countries. What do we do with some countries that still are in denial of this sad reality we are in for political or religious beliefs?

What do the panelists foresee as the future of work for the many young people in Africa post Covid 19

yes totally support debt cancellation as option to mitigate covid 19 effects

What is your opinion on the COVID-19's impact on governance on such things as: 1. reduce corruption and increase accountability 2. restart local production - agriculture, industrialization, tourism etc 3. Innovation/ self starters to deal with our challenges?

Given our porous borders, how can our control efforts be effective if each nation has varying levels of interventions and control of the pandemic

What kind of donation or support are really needed?

"necessity is the mother of invention" ester boserup

To convince developed countries to accept our pleas for debt forgiveness, we must first address the ills of corruption among our leaders. When the ill gotten assets of an individual in Africa is sufficient to pay a huge portion of his/her country's debts, it'll be difficult to expect developed countries to forgive our debts. Therefore, transparency, participation and accountability must be addressed as precursor for emancipation from poverty in Africa, as well as over dependence on the West.

Totally agree

there is an issue of corruption with western private companies as well. It should be addressed both ways

international trade disruption could represent an opportunity to finally plan and achieve food sovereignty at continental level

totally agree @ Robert! I also hope that this has opened the eyes of Africans and 'educated' the population more on the impact of electing populist leaders vs good leaders

Amen

This is a chicken and egg question. If African leaders value their own and believe in building Africa, they'll not give or take from any western private company. They'll invest on the continent and build local economies. I agree with Dr Kituyi that we have all it takes to an industrialized continent; we should use the opportunity. That's a good take home message for me. Thanks for the great presentation, Dr. Kituyi.

Good point, Robert, but in the meanwhile debt servicing will pile up

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Heartfelt thanks to all panellists and participants for the fruitful discussion

Thank you Edwin for the confirmation.

Thank you all

Asante sana

Thank you all

I love it, when I see and hear Africans talking about Africa. African solutions for problems in Africa.

In Italy the democracy is being heavily challenged

thank you this was great

Thank you.

thanks

Thank you very much Dr. Kituyi and the organisers. Very informative. Asante Sana

thank you

Thank you, this was great.

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thank you. very insighful