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It is a profound honour and a privilege to join you personally on this special occasion.
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, colleagues, friends of the African Union, Representatives of Africa's Innovation ecosystem, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Good morning.
I am honoured to join you for the opening of the inaugural AU Innovation Festival 2025, a powerful demonstration of Africa's creativity, collaboration, and confidence in its talented young people.
Presentation of the Continental TVET Strategy 2025–2034 at the Official Opening of the 2nd 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 14th, 2025, from 9:00 – 10:30
Africa Skills Week is an annual continental platform established to advance Africa’s skills transformation agenda. Officially adopted by the African Union Ministers of Education and Training in 2024, it fosters dialogue, shares experiences, and coordinates action on skills development and employment across Africa.
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.
Your Excellency, H.E. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals of the African Union Commission,
Honorable Ministers of Finance Present,
Distinguished Representatives of Central Banks and Debt Management Offices,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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.
Your Excellency, H.E. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals of the African Union Commission,
Honorable Ministers of Finance Present,
Distinguished Representatives of Central Banks and Debt Management Offices,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my honor and privilege to welcome you all to this Virtual Ministerial Session of the Member States Consultation on the Draft Common African Position on Debt (CAP).
Hon. Neal Rijkenberg, Minister of Finance, Kingdom of Eswatini and the Chairperson of the STC bureau,
Honorable Ministers of Finance Present,
Distinguished Representatives of Central Banks and Debt Management Offices,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Representatives of Think Tanks and Research Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning.
It is a great honour to join you today at the 11th Africa Think Tank Summit, a gathering that has, over the years, become a symbol of Africa’s intellectual and policy courage. On behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and the entire Commission, I warmly welcome you to Addis Ababa, the political and diplomatic heart of our continent.
