Telling the trade stories of least developed countries

As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic kick in, hopes for better progress, at least in the short term, appear to be fading.

Ways for LDCs to adapt amid global turmoil

Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’

The entrepreneurial uptake of computer technology and the entrenchment of digitisation have made Africa a demonstrable source of intellectual power in the digital sphere.

The digital transformation provides developing economies new opportunities to leapfrog industrial age infrastructure, to draw on the vast knowledge spillovers from the internet, to take advantage of new markets offered by digital platforms and to exploit production possibilities enabled by digital technologies.