SDGs-AMP WORKSHOP SERIES
As a fellow in the SDGS mentorship program, it was a privilege to attend the workshop from the SDGs-AMP 2024 series-2, discussing AU and Africa’s Agenda 2063, which envisions a continent filled with limitless possibilities.
The session led by Keagetswe Alex Kgotlaetsile from the African Union under the leadership of AIIDEV Africa, highlighted transformative flagship projects aimed at integrating African countries through high-speed trade networks, promoting intra-African trade, and enabling free movement of people. The agenda includes initiatives like the Grand Inga Dam project for clean electricity, a single African Air Transport Market, and an annual African Economic Forum to harness the continent’s vast resources. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity, an African virtual university, and a Pan-African E-network to advance education and technology across Africa.
The key highlights include but are not limited to:
Agenda 2063’s transformative vision
Key initiatives for integration
Projects for sustainable development
Advancements in technology and education
As a bonus, I enjoyed learning more about the African Union Structure.
As a big fan of SDGs, and a great enthusiast of SDG 11, aim to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable by 2030. The agenda, I was able to learn, is a great advancement of the agenda 2063 In all major aspects as I summarize below
Urbanization and Inclusive Cities:
Agenda 2063 envisions a transformed Africa with vibrant cities that are inclusive, safe, and resilient.
SDG 11 aims to make cities inclusive, safe, and sustainable globally by 2030.
Both emphasize the importance of well-planned, integrated urban areas.
Infrastructure and Connectivity:
Agenda 2063 focuses on flagship projects like high-speed trade networks and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
SDG 11 emphasizes affordable and sustainable transport systems, which align with infrastructure development goals.
Environmental Sustainability:
Agenda 2063 includes projects that champions for clean electricity.
SDG 11 aims to reduce the city's environmental impact, including waste management and air quality.
Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction:
Both agendas recognize the need to protect cities from natural disasters and enhance resilience.
Agenda 2063 and SDG 11 converge in their vision for sustainable, well-connected, and resilient cities that benefit people and the environment.
This Mentorship program has not only acted as a wake-up call for me as a Geospatial Graduate to rise and champion the advancement of the SDGs and Agenda 2063, but it has also opened an avenue for me to grow holistically as a professional and a pan-Africanist and to appreciate the role of AU in advancing growth of Africa as a continent.
I am delighted to have been selected to participate in Africa SDGs Mentorship Programme (SDGs-AML) by AIIDEV AFRICA!
Ready!
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