Africa can achieve extraordinary results, including in manufacturing and high-technology – Algerian President

UN Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary Claver Gatete met0020with President Abdelmajid Tebboune at the start of his first work visit to the country, to strengthen cooperation with Algeria and identify priorities for bilateral cooperation.
 
During the meeting, President Tebboune expressed his strong intention to strengthen cooperation with ECA, with a focus on strategic priority areas including statistics, public policy monitoring, digitalization, governance, and South-South cooperation.
 
Africa is capable of achieving extraordinary results, including in manufacturing and high-technology, said President Tebboune, who stressed the importance of industrialization in helping to reduce unemployment and dependency on imports. He also stressed that development must go beyond macroeconomics and should include human development and income redistribution.
 
The ECA Executive Secretary Gatete is currently on a work visit to North Africa, to meet with government officials in Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco, for a deeper firsthand understanding of their countries’ development priorities, needs and areas of support and to explore shared opportunities for increased South-South cooperation.