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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
What: Launch of the Africa’s Development Dynamics 2022 Publication. “Regional value chains for a sustainable recovery.”
When: 4th February 2022. 4PM EAT.
Where: The event will be online. Join here - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NpcPvdSUQQ-sCgPFONSp_A
Who: The event will be addressed by among others:
Background
Strengthening African countries’ productive capacities is vital to their economic recovery. The COVID-19 pandemic is setting back Africa’s economic convergence with the world economy. African economic growth will reach 3.9% in 2022, one percentage point lower than the growth rate for the rest of the world, which stands at 4.9%. In 2022, Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) as a share of the world GDP is expected to fall to 4.7%, the lowest level since 2002. COVID-19 has also reversed progress in reducing poverty in Africa, pushing at least an additional 29 million people into extreme poverty.
The Africa’s Development Dynamics 2022 covers a number of key issues on why the African continent must develop regional value chains for a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, among other issues looks at:
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Doreen Apollos | Information and Communication Directorate | African Union Commission | Tel: +251 115 517 700 | E-mail:ApollosD@africa-union.org l | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ms. Rumbidzai Treddah Manhando | Department of Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining | African Union Commission | E-mail ManhandoR@africa-union.org
Information and CommunicationDirectorate, African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@africa-union.org
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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.