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2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?

Our panel of African specialists look back at the past year and express their hopes for 2021.

The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also been some digital and technical gains?

What opportunities will the African Continental Free Trade Area bring after it comes into effect in January 2021?

How can Africa take charge of its own climate change policies?

And is the continent ready for the fourth Industrial Revolution?

These are some of the questions that the guest panel of Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Rebecca Enonchong, Professor Ken Opalo and Professor Landry Sign茅 address with presenter Dickens Olewe as they look back at the issues and trends in Africa over the past year, and discuss what 2021 might bring.

Producer: Patricia Whitehorne

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