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Excellence, Mr Joao Lourenco ,
Président de l’Angola
Président en excercice de l’Union Africaine

Excellences Messieurs les Chefs d’État, de Gouvernement, et de délégations.

Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs,

Ce Sommet se tient à un moment charnière pour notre continent.

L’Afrique entre dans une phase nouvelle de son histoire .

Celle d’un continent qui refuse d’être défini par ses fragilités, et qui affirme sa capacité à financer, planifier et conduire sa propre transformation.

Presentation of the Continental TVET Strategy 2025–2034 at the Official Opening of the 2^nd Edition - Africa Skills Week 2025 Theme: "Powering Africa’s Industrial Future: Skills for Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability” by H.E. Gaspard Banyankimbona, AUC Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation,

AUC Headquarters October 14^th, 2025, from 9:00 – 10:30

Today, the African Union joins the global community in commemorating the “International Day of the Girl Child” under the powerful theme: “The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis.” This theme calls us to recognise not only the disproportionate burdens girls face in times of conflict, displacement and climate disaster, but also the extraordinary leadership they demonstrate in shaping solutions.

Honorable Ministers of Finance, Distinguished Representatives of Central Banks and Debt Management Offices,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As we draw this important Ministerial Session to a close, allow me to express my sincere gratitude to each of you for your active participation, thoughtful interventions, and continued commitment to advancing Africa’s unified vision on debt and sustainable financing.