The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has published the most recent Annual Report for the year 2019. The report illustrates the achievements of 2019 in several areas such as the progress which has been made in the advancement of the management objective to integrate and scale-up. The report utilises the new indicators of the Integrated Results and Performance Framework (IRPF). For UNIDO as the lead agency of the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III), 2019 was an important year. For instance, in the year of the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), and under the Japanese G20 presidency that continued the work on industrial development in Africa, structural transformation and sustainable industrialisation were advocated on behalf of the African continent. Inclusive and sustainable industrial development is an important part of the solution which the world is facing at this moment in time. The positive effects of these attributes on job creation, income generation, economic growth and social inclusion are evident. At the same time, industries play an important role in addressing the global climate crisis via more sustainable use of resources, as well as innovative and sustainable energy solutions that have the potential to create green jobs.

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