Accelerating Africa’s economic transformation

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely exacerbate the move away from globalisation that began early this century and promote regionalisation around big economic blocs. Rabah Arezki writes that African countries have an opportunity to deepen regional integration and create their own value chains, transforming the raw materials that Africa has in abundance. He says that agribusiness could be as pivotal for Africa as coal and steel for Europe because of the benefits of food security and jobs for the continent.