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driven by its own citizens representing a dynamic force in the global arena. that is how the african union, a pan african organization describes itself originally set up to supply african solutions for african challenges to create a more peaceful continent. a one that he's rich as well. that is the mission. but how is the a you delivering that is a conversation that we about to have on twitter, on youtube, you can join in the african unions finest moments. the african unions worse moments . what you think the african union could do better? your suggestions, your ideas. put them right here on youtube and be part of today's shut. aah! across the african continent t. l. many reasons for african state to breeding. no longer need to care for communion. to comes on the heels of do so to close to completion, west africa, where the african union has simply responded true statements of condemnation,

underhand dev, convenience to the ministry relevant. particularly given the fact that across the continent, days on equal distribution of power relations. whereby the are regional hedge ones across the continent who have the tendency to exert will an influence as well as interest goes of others, absolutely, and serves us directly to body in this regards. to this week, africans around the continent will be celebrating african unity day. it really is the day where africans mark the idea that they have an organization that is a pan african organization. let's think a little bit deeper into that. and how the a you is doing hello, hello. hello abraham. so i get to have you to young africans wise and ready to talk to us, but hello, please introduce yourself to our audience. welcome back to the screen. thank you

very much for such a pleasure to be able to join you today. as you introduce me, my name is the holiday and i'm gonna, i'm an economist and development professional and for my minister of the investment trade in industry, yet to have you ever him lovely to have you on the stream, please gamete out international audience. thanks a lot to me for me and thanks for joining the call. bicola may be an amateur. originally from lagos, i work for the nice. it's called the atlas network in what you see where we walk along public policy administration. think thanks to try to solve problems mitigating prosperity on the continent of africa. i have you, i guess i do not want you to hesitate. the 1st thing that comes into your mind when i say african union, if you see if so great that we have this conversation right now. i mean,

it's been 15 years been the unity was founded. and whenever i come across the organization to africa union, or when i'm actually with my st books on an african isn't what comes to mind east ideas that you read off when you, when you come to the counting days called the africa when you, i mean these to be allowed to spend was created by the gun in liberal union on the cpp. gonna come in tomorrow. organize all of your people's congress. when you read conversation indefinitely, convention, the aspiration was july and africa was united. the continent that we speak together in terms of economy, potential economic prosperity, that we come to get up to secure collectively the content security. i'm 59, it's possible. would you look at the african union that we have? no, i got a question. we've been able to, to actually by,

by the instead of 58. so if you said the conversation, and i'm glad to be on the ball, when i say african union, the 1st thing that comes into your mind no filter is what unity, a common purpose, bureaucracy. i like of implementation hope for career. so it's a mixed bag. ready for me because i believe and what are the a you was created for and i believe it and what's the a you can be. i believe that we all have a role to play and creating what it should be and dryer. so when i think about it, i think of its failures, i think it's successes, but most important me i just. ready of the africa that i want to and i know that everybody else wants and what role that they can play. and then that's why i bet a mixed bag that i gave you a jumps up to me. yeah, i should say that there is

a difference between the african union and the african union commission. yeah. communion is that that's a state that we all see standing there. taking the class photograph and whatever, whatever meeting there at. we often think of the african years they've had to stay incredibly powerful people. they may well be, but who implements the policy of the african union, the african union commission. so bureaucrats do that. what sometimes we mix up those 2 things. i know abraham are noble, hello, you do not, but our audience may well think will these heads of state, i can do whatever they want. but behind them there is bureaucracy and that makes a difference. i want to start sort of in, in a place that we don't usually start when we talk about the african union, finest moments for me. i'm thinking about the reaction to covet the pandemic race and how this incredible union got together. i'm for, for africans follow pick up from that. you know,

i think there's actually something to be said about what you just mentioned before, but their african union versus they, you see, this is the institutions under the u. c. and i think that clarity needs to be given because it's not just the heads of states. there's also the technocratic part. that doesn't have as full an economy autonomy, sorry, as that one would think. so we could compare the a, you see maybe 2, i like that you ran on to the regional economic rock side echo us and so forth. and really try to understand the kind of power and authority that they truly have in implementing the things that are being discussed at the, at the a you. so it, it goes beyond the heads of states meeting one,

there are some recommendations that come up the a you and then the a you see, tries to implement. they are not necessarily need the implementing, but they don't know why that isn't really why people get disappointed. i want to go back to my finest moment for the african, it was quite a recent long right. which was the reaction to cov it. what is your finance moment for the african union? because that's a lot to critique about, but let's start with the positive. you know, i think you took away from me because being able to really secure over a 1000000000 cobit vaccines with the cup of the list for me. and the way that you managed to really got that and rally around this could vaccine response is absolutely shows what collective responsibility and collective but i thought creation can do to us facilitating delivery of he said this is to the popular then in addition to that, for me, there's also the f,

c s t a for the african continental free trade area. for me that is a big milestone having countries rectifying, agreeing to increasing trade within the african continent ensuring but once the fully implemented, it becomes the largest trading block in the world. and being able to create millions of jobs and adding to g d, p to me in africa, but to the rest of the world for me, that in itself, timing given pieces of autonomy to what this agreement is, one of the high achievements of the a you to date, and i be nice that there is a lot more that we can expect from my, from my dfcs here. i should mention abraham that we were expecting to be joined by a vibrant, young member of the african union. but the bureaucracy has got the better of us. we

are still waiting for these 5 young member of the african union to get clear. it's to be michaud, i am guessing the claimant's we're not coming time talking about young people. i want to bring this youtube comment to you. this is for sure. vance. he said the african union can do a better job of including the new generation of africans and leave it to smaller bodies. what do you think about that? the idea of young people actually having, having a voice because our african continent is full of young people. abraham. exactly. this is one of the examples of how the african union is not relied extended reflexion of what the content looks like. i mean, august population, majority of most women and just to give out question about population demographics . people be loaded just thought, well, you look at the african union, you've got people think supposed to be given us advice so now to,

to grow up on big and social life. i mean these people being below the age of 65 and it's so long that if you do not leave a people repeat, yeah, you do not, you don't the but then every being why i'm going to show you some pictures of the last african union, big meeting in february, tell me what, tell me what you notice when we show these pictures, keep going in for him. i'm going to show you what it, what, what do you, what do you see that these are just like, you know, men who have been in powerful god knows how long they leave. so you should be released. yes, so many, many, no. i mean, you can count that wouldn't there. i mean, just to keep question. good. yeah. do we have enough? you know, that looks like us that represent you that it was going to women that are present minority communities, not just, you know, old man. you know, what's privilege the street we asked to exclude africa, you know, from peace in moscow pocket type that i've dominated existence. how do you address

that? because i really want us not to just critique but also offer some suggestions and some solutions as well. and as africans, we respect our odors complete, bought buffalo pick up from the bus. but, you know, i actually want to say, once you get into the workspace, we are all colleagues haven't been in that space. i don't think it's right class to start thinking about that elders and then they get people. because once you become in active in the policy space, then your colleagues and so we should be request not as request, we should require more inclusivity diversity in decision making. and we should see it's in our need is be my, how do you and it should do you off the pipeline. those men of the, you can, we have more women and more young people. they come in about 3. this

is a problem. this is a problem because, you know, it's really not or for, for, for us to come into the same space as africans because you know, bringing her with them from being a minute session. very carefully. i was like, get rid of that. oh, no follow. can you, can i just like from being at home it's stuck with the politics mystically because what is at the a, you reflect what is happening at home. you can have a better. you look in different me when the politics domestically do not reflect that. so it needs to start with a problem so that you can do it for the african countries to then follow that could be more diverse. can it be younger? is that impossible to off for what to the, what the

a you could do is that by in the commission you start to see that diversity. but when you expect to see the a youth from it's looking diverse that stuff at home. do we have women be included the national politics? we have women, the ministers, pertaining to for them to be had the policies allowing for an empowerment. and if that doesn't happen at home, you will not see different faces at, at the a new summit. now the a you see is a whole different ball game that can be said that we want to keep diversity. we can see more women in higher positions. we can see young people, for example, when we had, when we have fil, a youth representative. it's because of a determination that was made. now doctor, you see not at the you some it's hipaa state level. so the, a, you actually at this very moment is on the going a period of reform audio. we spoke to simon allison,

he's the editor in chief of the continent. that is a pan african newspaper. this is what simon told us. i want you to have a listen to simon abraham and then give us one important reform that you saw could really help the a you going forward. his final festival. done a lot of reporting on the african union, including on some of the worst aspect investigations into sexual harassment fraud, corruption. and yet i would still argue that the continent is a better place with it than without it. and that's because we need an institution that is able to present a unified african voice. and that is able to argue for africa's place on the international stage and plan for the continent long term future as a whole, not as individual countries because there is no power in individual countries. there is power in collective action. and as the african union reforms itself, which it is in the process doing, it will only get more and more powerful and better able to represent us thief any

time. and they absolutely spot on. but before i comment on that, i would say if you look at the commission, different commissions between the a, the actually not so as because of the state. i mean, you look out for many people in the commission, different african congress. i know what i'm numerous on the people being in politics and countries for so long. i mean these are men of the age of 15 majority . so i'm really questioning that diversity actually pointing to right. good. but actually you see can itself be good? i wasn't trained, but it is saying for you to see the diversity at the a youth from the head of states that start at home. now you can determine for the a you commission to have the diversity through the hiring policies that can be put in place. those are 2 different. you have

a date that you don't address the policies that exactly. but then the question is, do you see that that should be the course, you know, but back to all, what's fine? yeah, absolutely. so when we say, you know, what, what are you talking about? i mean, if you look at the recent who's in the book in foster, i'm getting, what do you have, you know, do come out to condemn the military military leader. but what was after doing before the school after that, as a question, what needs to be done? we did a show on the stream a little while ago, which was about how many, cuz they were on the african continent. and there was so many we had, we did a whole off of our conversation about them. but let me push you here. it is easy to critique the african union, far too easy. what if you have one reform? if you could fit in adis and you could do one thing that would happen if we him, what would it be? i'm sure you is watching. like,

i'm sure they're watching right now. any question will be today. so what we're about to do with my level protocol, i mean this is supposed to be applied in a broader sense to ensure that the african union, as in for tuesday, please, or started structures in place to engage abuse binders. but the countries stuck in a chatter and provisions before situation is in those countries the generating to tales, which of course is by cool. so what is happening with that protocol as would be rather possibly meant tardy. so these are some of the basic steps we need to take your questions. all right, so i'm going to go to solomon here. solomon spect with a little bit early. he's the founding director of money africa. i'm going to put solomon's thought to, you know, and then i want you to come off with come off the back of them with something practical that you could see the a you doing in the future. that would be even more helpful to the african citizens

across the continent festival. he solomon. yes. so the 1st is in terms of relational shirt vision for the 2nd transformation of the continent. the certainty in developing norms and forces, the legal funding source for the current occupancy is in providing a common form. but i think the response to the security challenge, our chinese 1900, there is all changes in there are students. first is they can use the 2nd, the governments dot com, wonderful. and the 3rd quarter is to shift from the government to the people. alright,

i would agree with him. i mean for me right at the top of my list that i me and to ensure that the a u is being domestically finance right now approximate me or between 60 to 90 percent of the budget comes from external sources. so we still have a lot for, but i don't know the funding going into a you implementation of project. they've been the convenience and i think that's in itself takes away from the aspect of africa, africa, all africa. so dealing with issues by all the cells. and then 2nd me, it is that we need to have a lot more cause mason and financing and trying to me from a situation particularly those that you cannot make a financial spaces because we need for them to deal quite proud practically. and the immediate me on that issues of perception of risk of investing in the continent

and dealing with investing in our boundary and across country projects that can help to alleviate some of the infrastructural needs that we have. at the moment we were talking about over a $100000000000.00, a $100000000.00 deficit that we have in the interest in infrastructure investment and capitalization. and i think it's not a you a f, d b and offering them we're able to coordinate much better together with the secretary and we will get down an acronym city. thank you so much. i'm not sure of the african continent trust, the former cabinet minister to be throwing out the acronyms like this. know, so i'm putting you in the northeast corner. all right, come back here to i come back here. show off my case and my laptop on twitter. we asked people about the african union and twitter rose stage, the african union. it was we roasted edwin. good for nothing uni that needs total.

overhauling literally has 0 impact, says nigel, not even a 1000000 miles near its object is all because the greedy leaders who are benefiting from bad systems everywhere. good for nothing union. and one for the purpose that it is been used to build a power of individual dick tutorial leaders to attack their own citizens and satisfy their own pocket. there is a pan african organization called africans rising. they are marking african union day with a whole week of activities involve a young involving young people involving diversity involving the africa that we want. the african africa that african citizens want. this is what their movement coordinates had told us a few hours ago. have a listen, have a look. there you have a good a in, in this is 3 the south and deliver adding the fire life all over comes well in the us progress if someone called as a program been passed by these running. but the reality of the fraction of policies

on the latter africans is been questioned by many our leaders. so home fighters from east brim. go how, you know, united state of africa were homeless have been achieved. it's been question african been able to move around in africa and they seem to body and sorry, in the interests of leaders, africa, money doesn't have the policy or leaders accountable. or the citizens actually losing confidence and hope in the body. or i guess we have 2 minutes left a so many questions from our audience. i'm going to ask you to do the speed route. so in 20 seconds or less answer these questions, abraham. you start with this 1st one is a teacher who works in computer science. davis says, please, what does the a, you do, abraham 20 seconds go? well, the a you, what, i don't know how to describe it because you have an advantage and as opposed to

prevent conflict or insecurity in the continent and, you know, people be together to ensure that you know, the continent together in terms of prosperity. i got the current got economy time up abraham. i'm not going to put that in. i don't think they have what i commented on you to say, can we have a pan african currency? what the even work go ahead. i think we will not see that happening. anytime soon, how is payment system is meant to regularize the differences and all currencies at the moment that's supposed to support our missions by. ready traffic a trade because of how far off we are from having an in pen african currency. it's because of the different monetary policies that we have and the other fiscal. alright, we have so much want to talk about so many comments on youtube is. thank you so much for taking part in this program. an oath of

a hollow and if for him really appreciate you a different face of africa that we don't get to see every day. young people, diversity, we now the here on the stream. thank you so much, we appreciate you. i'll see you next time. take everybody ah use ah and

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