11 November 2023 - 3:15pm- 4:15pm (Cairo Time)
The Sub regional Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with the African Union Regional Office for Southern Africa (AU-SARO), will organize a side-event on Leveraging Digital Technologies to Enhance Market Access for Women-owned Export Companies in the Horticulture Value Chain during the Africa Industrialization Week (AIW), 11-13 November 2023. Specifically, the planned side event will take place on Saturday,11th November 2023 at the Multipurpose Hall B, at Al Manar International Conference Center, Cairo, Egypt. This side event will further support SRO-SA’s objective of deepening engagement with key partners on inclusive industrialization in order to strengthen interventions in support of women exporters in the Horticulture Value Chain.
Objectives of the side event
The high-level side event, to be organized in plenary with thematic presentations, will;
- Interrogate the major market access impediments faced by Women-owned export companies in the horticulture value chain;
- Assess the role of digital technologies in driving competitiveness through, for instance, effective risk SPS management systems, traceability applications and enhanced cultivation methods; and
- Proffer recommendations to address the challenges faced by Women-owned export companies in the horticulture value chain.
Participants
The Side-Event will be attended by representatives of Member States and their institutions, COMESA, SADC and COMESA Business Councils, COMESA Federation for Women in Business, AeTrade Group, African Union Commission, Grace Machel Trust, Trademark Africa, Land O Lakes, STDF of the World Trade Organization, GIZ and the United Nations.
For Media inquiries:
Lavender C. Degre
Communication Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa
2392 Longolongo Road
P.O. Box 30647, Lusaka, ZAMBIA
Tel: +260 211 228502/5 Ext. 21307
Fax: +260 211 236949
DL: +260 211 376607
Email: lavender.degre@un.org
Programme and Meeting Focal Point:
Ms. Talumba Ireen Chilipaine
Economic Affairs Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa
Lusaka, Zambia
Phone: +260 975005579
Email: talumba.chilipaine@un.org