Governments and companies play mutually supportive roles in building resilient global supply chains. This article identifies four post-pandemic managerial strategies and five government policies to enhance strategic competitiveness and develop workforce skills for 21st-century development.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the introduction of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) combined with Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) quotas contributed to a boom in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) apparel industry, leading to a major growth in exports and...