Dekarbonisierung des afrikanischen Verkehrssektors: Der Fall Sansibar (EN)

The document discusses the role of the AfCFTA Investment Protocol and the proposed Pan-African Trade and Investment Agency in attracting foreign and domestic investment to Africa. It emphasizes that reducing tariffs alone is insufficient to increase intra-African trade; instead, Africa must scale up the production of complex goods through regional value chains. The author suggests that coordinating investment promotion around specific sectors, such as the automotive industry, can create agglomeration economies and attract skilled labor, providing a more feasible path for the AfCFTA Secretariat than a broad coordination of all 54 national investment agencies.

• The AfCFTA Investment Protocol proposes the creation of a Pan-African Trade and Investment Agency to support member states by mobilising financial resources, encouraging business growth, and providing technical assistance for investment promotion.
• Increasing intra-African trade requires more than tariff elimination; it necessitates investment to scale up the production of complex goods, as most African countries currently export primary commodities like crude oil, copper, and peanuts.
• Regional value chains allow countries with complementary production structures to collaborate on finished products, with pharmaceuticals, automotives, and textiles and apparel identified as three common priority value chains in reports by the UNDP and the International Trade Centre.
• The automotive industry is highlighted as a prime candidate for coordinated investment promotion, with a 2021 value of $30.44 billion and a projected 2027 value of $42.06 billion, involving countries such as South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Botswana, Kenya, and Ghana.
• Targeted coordination of investment promotion based on sector priorities is more feasible than broad coordination of all 54 national agencies, as it aligns continental aspirations with national interests and avoids policy clashes.

APA

Tayo, T. (2023). Dekarbonisierung des afrikanischen Verkehrssektors: Der Fall Sansibar (EN). Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/de/dekarbonisierung-afrika-verkehrssektor-sansibar-en

Chicago

Tayo, Teniola. Dekarbonisierung des afrikanischen Verkehrssektors: Der Fall Sansibar (EN). Africa Policy Research Institute, 2023. https://afripoli.org/de/dekarbonisierung-afrika-verkehrssektor-sansibar-en.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tayo2023dekarbonisierung, author = {Tayo, Teniola}, title = {{Dekarbonisierung des afrikanischen Verkehrssektors: Der Fall Sansibar (EN)}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://afripoli.org/de/dekarbonisierung-afrika-verkehrssektor-sansibar-en}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }