The African Climate Conversation: Increasing Africa’s share of global supply chains

This podcast is part of The African Climate Conversation, a platform which brings together leading African voices on the climate emergency – to discuss, evaluate and debate the greatest challenge facing the continent.

In this podcast, H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area joins BII’s Andrew Murray-Watson to discuss the impact of climate change on agriculture and food security in Africa. The Secretary-General highlights the need to accelerate Africa’s value addition to the global supply chain in order to increase food sustainability, achieve self-sufficiency and power the continent’s industrialisation.  

With COP27 on the horizon, H.E. Wamkele Mene emphasises that discussions at COP27 must look at the global responsibility to finance energy transition as climate finance toward adaptation, resilience and energy transition should be commensurate with countries’ abilities and contribution to global emissions.  

Finally, he expresses his hope that the climate talks at Sharm El Sheikh will adequately address the financing gap if the continent is to transition and undertake green industrialisation.