29. 2021 年上半年，工发组织和非洲联盟委员会合作开展了一项价值链摸底区域研究，这将有助于包容及可持续工业发展。这项研究的主要成果将包括以下方面：制定一项可利用非洲大陆自由贸易区所提供机遇的泛非区域价值链战略；加强各国政府、区域经济共同体、非洲联盟发展署和非洲联盟委员会的机构能力；25 条具体的区域价值链的开发和升级(每个非洲次区域 5 条)。预计这项研究将有助于为非洲大陆建立一个新的工业化框架，这个框架将顾及非洲不断变化的社会经济和政治环境，包括 COVID-19 大流行造成的影响。
29. In the first half of 2021, UNIDO and the African Union Commission collaborated on a regional study on mapping value chains that will contribute to inclusive and sustainable industrial development. The major outcomes of the study will include the development of a pan-African regional value chain strategy that takes advantage of the opportunities offered by AfCFTA; the institutional capacity strengthening of Governments, regional economic communities, the African Union Development Agency and the African Union Commission; and the development and upgrading of 25 specific regional value chains (five in each of the African subregions). The study is expected to support the establishment of a new industrialization framework for the continent that would take into account the changing socioeconomic and political context in Africa, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.