PACTED 2025: Pan African Conference on Teacher Education
Theme: “Advancing Strategies for Teacher Training, Recognition and Professional Development”
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Theme: “Advancing Strategies for Teacher Training, Recognition and Professional Development”
EXCELLENCIES, HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT,
HONOURABLE MINISTERS,
COMMISSIONERS AND HEADS OF AU ORGANS,
ESTEEMED BUSINESS LEADERS
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ALL PROTOCOLS DULY OBSERVED
Good afternoon,
I am pleased to join you today for this crucial dialogue on Africa's digital transformation and the imperative of data sovereignty and digital identity.

-H.E Fatima Maada Bio’s, first lady of Sierra Leone, President of OAFLAD and Deputy Chair of Zero Waste,
-H.E Ana Dias Lourenco, First Lady of Angola and Vice-President of OAFLAD, H.E Emine Erdogan, First Lady of Türkiye and chairs the UN Zero Waste Advisory Board,
-H.E Diene Keita, Executive Director, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA),

Esteemed African Business Leaders,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
All Protocols Observed!
It is an honor and a privilege to join you this afternoon for a crucial dialogue on trade and regulatory readiness across our continent.
Let me extend our profound gratitude to Assistant Secretary-General Ms. Sanda Ojiambo and the United Nations Global Compact for convening this timely roundtable, and for the visionary leadership behind the Africa Business Leaders Coalition.

Theme: African Perspectives on the Changing World Order
20th September 2025 | Location: New York, USA
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Distinguished colleagues,
esteemed partners,
and friends of Africa,

Excellence Monsieur Joao Lorenço, Président de la République d’Angola,
Président en Exercice de l’Union Africaine,
Mesdames et Messieurs les Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement et de délégation,
Excellences Mesdames et Messieurs,
Distingués Participants,

OPENING ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOÃO MANUEL GONÇALVES LOURENÇO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION, AT THE 2ND AFRICA-CARICOM SUMMIT

