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The 1 Million by 2021 Initiative celebrates 1 year since the initiative was launched by African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat with over 400 African youth in attendance as well as development sector, private sector and Member States representatives at the Pan African Youth Forum.

The African Union Ministers responsible for Tourism and members of the Bureau for the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Infrastructure, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) held a meeting by Videoconference today 21st April 2020 on the invitation of H.E Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at African Union Commission.

“We want a science that can speak to the challenges Africa is facing…”

The board of the African Union’s COVID19 Response Fund held their first meeting, online, on 27th April.

AU Commission Chairperson Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat informed the newly nominated COVID-19 board of trustees that the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) estimates that implementation of the Africa Continental Strategy on COVID-19 will require USD $420 million over the next six months”.

The Chairperson highlighted that the Union is using the economic, humanitarian and health dimensions as to get through the global pandemic.