Key thematic areas of the African Women in Processing (AWIP) Forum and the Africa youth Start-ups Forum (AYSF) 2025.

 

The African Women in Processing (AWIP) Forum and the Africa youth Start-ups Forum (AYSF) will address the following key thematic areas:

• Women-Led Industrial Parks and Clusters: Design, development, and operationalization as transformative engines.
• Policy and Regulatory Frameworks: Gender-responsive industrial policies and investment frameworks.
• Access to Finance and Markets: Leveraging DFIs, commercial banks, venture capital, and public-private partnerships.
• Skills Development and Capacity Building: Certification, quality standards, digital tools, and ESG compliance.
• Innovation and Digitalization: Use of technology to enhance production, competitiveness, and market access.
• Exhibitions and Showcasing Innovations: Highlighting women-led products and integrated value chains.
• scalable youth-led industrial innovations across Africa, enhanced access to finance and partnerships, policy recommendations to strengthen youth participation in the continent’s industrial agenda, improved youth capacity in technology adoption and product development, and the establishment of an Africa Youth Start-up Network aligned with AIW and AU industrialization initiatives.

Forum Key Thematic Areas