Webinar Four: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Africa’s Prospects of Harnessing a Demographic Dividend
12 November 2020

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Webinar Leads: Whynie Adams, Department of Social Development (DSD), South Africa and Angela Baschieri, UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)

Moderator: Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Executive Director, Partners in Population and Development (PPD)

 Speakers:

  • Reflections on webinar 3 – AFIDEP
  • One year on – reflections on ICPD+25 and COVID-19 –  Beatrice Mutali, UNFPA
  • The impact of COVID-19 on the Demographic Dividend pillars in Africa – Bernard Onyango, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)
  • Reflections on the COVID-19 and the youth in Africa and lessons for the demographic dividend youth initiatives – Nicholas Ouma, African Union Commission (AUC)
  • What lessons can we learn from Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Jean François Kobiané, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)/Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Discussant: Ms Duduzile Simelane – Director, Social and Human Development, Southern African Development Community (SADC) 

 

Presentations

The impact of COVID-19 on the Demographic Dividend pillars in Africa – Bernard Onyango, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)

Bernard-Onyango-presentation_Webinar-4-final-1.pptx

Reflections on the COVID-19 and the youth in Africa and lessons for the demographic dividend youth initiatives – Nicholas Ouma, African Union Commission (AUC)

Reflections-on-COVID-19-and-Youth-in-Africa-1.pdf

What lessons can we learn from Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Jean François Kobiané, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)/Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Lessons-from-responses-to-COVID-19-in-West-Africa_11_11_2020_J-F_KOBIANE1-1.pptx

 

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