Partnerships (Ppps) in Meeting Post-Covid-19 Business Environment Needs at The Wake of AFCFTA

 

The degree of global economic shock resulting from Covid-19 Pandemic has been overwhelming; with immensely gloomy changes in macroeconomic outlooks, public finance deeps across climes, business climate obscurity amidst pre-existing infrastructure dearth, etc. The private sector been the major driver of economic activities are the worst hit in underdeveloped and emerging economies typical of the African continent. In a scenario where the government are more incapacitated in catering to the structural demands for a growthenabling economic environment than it was pre-Covid-19. The lean capacity of traditional procurement pre-Covid-19 crisis is no longer feasible for a sustainable structural reset, economic rebound, and first-mover industrial catch-up needed for enhanced productivity, poverty reduction, value-added trade growth, increased employment generation, and improved investment climate for FDI attraction post-Covid-19.