Strengthening the African union’s capacity to facilitate change and economic development result through enhanced institutional efficiency...

Strengthening the African union’s capacity to facilitate change and economic development result through enhanced institutional efficiency...

Strengthening the African union’s capacity to facilitate change and economic development result through enhanced institutional efficiency...

A growing young population promises opportunities. Regardless, it is increasingly becoming clear across Africa that unless political leadership offers young people something to live for, social stresses such as unemployment can make them easy prey to those who offer them something to die for.

This is a magazine of our current efforts to accelerate, reinforce and ensure service delivery to our stakeholders, which are ultimately the African citizenry, is an important step to the Africa We Want. The road remains long but I am confident that together we can succeed.

Dream of the Africa we want. Ensure the Africa we dream of comes to life... The women and men of the African Union live our pan-African dream, and strive to make it a reality and visible every day. The African Union is made up of around 2,000 people from 55 countries... 55 countries, no less!

This issue pays tribute to all these actors; it does not attempt to list all the participants, but to gently remind that the contribution of these women and men behind the scenes is essential to the development of our continent.

Living in an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa is the desire of every citizen of the continent. A strategic framework, known as the Agenda 2063, was developed to present the way forward towards achieving this vision. To facilitate the implementation of this framework which covers 50 years, a First Ten-Year Implementation Plan (FTYIP) was set up. This docum...