85. COVID-19 疫情继续给非洲的工业和社会经济发展蒙上阴影。虽然由于疫苗获取有了改善，2021 年的前景有所好转，但经济风险依然存在。目前的第三波疫情无疑削弱了疫后时代经济快速恢复的希望，将经济重建到危机前时代的征程将需要强有力的政策，优先考虑社会经济投资和经济多样化，并应对气候变化的挑战。
85. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a shadow on industrial and socioeconomic development in Africa. While prospects for 2021 have somewhat brightened, with better access to vaccination, economic risks remain. The current third wave of the pandemic has unquestionably dampened prospects for a quick post-COVID-19 economic recovery, and the journey to rebuild economies to the pre-crisis era will require robust policies that prioritize socioeconomic investments and economic diversification and address the challenge of climate change.