A few thoughts on some lessons about the "post #COVID19" economy ahead of the conversation tomorrow. Firstly, if Africa must walk away with yet another lesson it should be that there is no viable GLOBALIZATION without INDIGENIZATION. A thread

Local value chains that improve the quality of life at home, supported by local skilled labor, producing quality goods and services – determine how you take advantage of external markets as well as your resilience when those markets and supply/demand chains are unavailable.

Second, where technology is required and is dominant as a factor – those who produce such technology or are majority innovators are also dominant forces. For example, profits from the so-called surveillance economy of data products still flows out of #Uganda and not in

3rd, There is no collective global experience. The reality is that globalization is selective, depends on power and the state of one’s development. For this reason it must also be elective – and give us, as #Africans a say in how we choose to relate to it.

4thly LOCAL must be the new GLOBALin the post-COVID reset. #Uganda needs to apply global standards to local products for local customers. This is sustainable development and resilient planning. Lets get behind it. #COVIDreset

5thly; Connecting with the environment care for water resources, land use, forest regulation, quality of air etc is not an elite privilege. When great levelers like COVID emerge – they don’t choose who to target. Those who protect the environment and those who don’t all die.

6thly, Cottage industries are back. Mass production based on the model of cheap labor abroad or internally ( for mass consumer markets) is a pre-COVID disaster that needs to remain in the past.

No 7| Let us learn from the essentialism of COVID. The jobs that were viewed as low jobs such as market vendors, cleaners and janitors proved to be the quality jobs. We can choose quality of life overabundance of choice in our approach to building better societies and economies

Lastly, Quality is Essential but essential is the new Luxury.