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i, anthony ok today on the stream. i am starting with a beautiful vision, an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful africa, driven byte own citizens representing a dynamic 4th in the global arena. that is how the african union, a pan african organization describes itself originally set up to supply african solutions. the african challenges to create a more peaceful continent on one that is richer as well. that is the mission. but how is the a you delivering that is the conversation that we about to have on twitter, on youtube, you can join in the african union, 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. ah. across the african continent,

d. l. main reasons for african states to breed in no longer need care for communion just comes on the he was with theresa. close to completion, west africa, where the african union has simply responded true statements of under mission, underhand dev, convenience to remain very relevant. particularly given the fact that across the continent on equal distribution of power relations, whereby they are regional hedge once across the continent who have the tendency to exert will an influence as well as interest abuse of others. i should be upgrading and serves as irregular to body industry guides. so this week, africans around the continent will be celebrating african unity day. it really is today where africans mark the idea that they have an organization that is a pan african organization. let's take a little bit deeper into that and how the

a you is doing hello, hello. hello it, bring him so good to have you 2 young africans. why you've all ready to talk to us for hello, please introduce yourself to our audience. welcome back to the screen. thank you very much for me. as i said, pleasure to be able to join you today. as you introduce me, my name is holly commander and i'm from bonner. i'm an economist and development professional and the minister of the investment trade an industry and wanna get to have you abraham lovely to have you on the stream, please. green's out international audience. thanks a lot to me for me and thanks for joining the call because i wanted me to be an amateur originally from league us. i work for the nice. it's called the atlas network in what you see where we walk along public policy meditation thing. thanks to try to solve problems mitigating prosperity on the continent of africa. i least

happy. i guess i do not want you to hesitate. the 1st thing that comes into your mind when i say african union, iraq, you see, if so great that we have this conversation right now, i mean the 15 years then the unity was founded. and whenever i come across the organization to africa union, or what i'm actually with the, my books on an african isn't what comes to mind east b. c id is that you read off when you, when you come to go the count the days called the african. when you, i mean these to be allowed to spend was created by beginning in label, you know, on the cpp. gonna come in tomorrow. we're going to 58 people congress. when you read competition. in convention, the aspiration was july and africa was united. confident that we speak together in

terms of economy, potential prosperity actually comes up to secure collectively the content security . i'm 59, it's possible. would you look up the account, you know, that we have no question we've been able to, to, to actually buy by the instead of 58. so if you say be conversation and i'm glad to be on it. 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 want to you was created for and i believe it and watch the a you can be i be nice that to be all have a role to play in creating what it should be. and so when i think about it, i think of its failures. i think it's successes, but most important me,

i just think of the africa, but i want to and i know that everybody else wants and what role that they can play . and then that's why they mixed bag that i gave you. i mean he 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 the, has a state that we all see standing there, taking the class, photograph of whatever, whatever, meeting there at. we often think of the african years they've had to stay incredibly powerful people. they may, roby, 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 mail thing with these heads of state, i can do whatever they want, but behind them it, 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. right. and how these incredible union got together. i'm for, for africans. paulo pick up from there. 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 a institutions under the u. c. and i think that clarity needs to be given because it's not just the heads of space. there's also the technocratic part. that doesn't have as full an economy. autonomy, sorry, as one would think. so we could compare the a, you see maybe 2, i like that you ran on to the regional economic rocks, 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 what 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 union. was quite a recent right. interesting reaction to cove 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 1000000 coven vaccines with the top of the list for me. and the way that you managed to really got that and raleigh around. this could vaccine response is

absolutely shows what collective responsibility and collective creation can do to us facilitating the 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 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 and not to me in africa, but to the rest of the world. told me that in itself, timing, giving pieces of autonomy to what the 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. i should mentioned 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 huge 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, reflects the of what the content looks like. i mean, august population, majority of us are women. and to give out question about population demographics.

people be loaded, just look at the african union. got people i didn't think that opposed to be given us so now to, to grab on big and social life. i mean, these people be below the age of 65. i think it's so long that if you do not leave a people repeat yeah, you do not. you don't leave everything you know why, but what i'm going to show you some pictures of the last african union meeting in february. tell me what, tell me what you notice when we show these pictures, keep going here for him. i'm going to show you the what, what, what do you, what do you see that these are just like, you know, men who are being powerful, god knows how long they leave. so you should be 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 another guy you know, that looks like us that represent you that was going to send 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 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 oldest complete, bought the hollow pick up from the bus. you know, i actually want to say, once you get into the workspace, we are all colleagues who've been in that space. i don't think it's right class to start thinking about the 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 request, we should require more inclusivity diversity in

decision making. and we should see it in our need is being there to you and it should do you also like those men of the a you can, we have more women or 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 it before for us to come into the same space as africans and because you know, bringing with them from being a minute. very careful. hey, i was like, oh no. you can. you can, i just like comes from being at home. it's stuff with the politics. because what is the a, you reflect what is happening at home. you know, you can't have a birthday, you look in different me when the politics domestically do not reflect that. so at least to start with, well,

you set your standard for the african countries to then follow could be more diverse, can it be younger? it's not impossible to ask 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 looking diverse, that stuff at home, do we have women be included in national politics? do we have women as ministers, opportunity for them to be head of state the policies allowing for scratch and empowerment. and if that doesn't happen at home, you will not see different faces at the a new summit. now, the a you see is a whole different ball game that can be said that we want to see diversity there. we can see more women in higher positions. we can see young people, for example, when we had, when we still the a you use representative. it's because of

a determination that was made that now that, that the a, you see not at a heads of state level. so the, a, you actually at this very moment is undergoing a period of reform. earlier we spoke to simon allison, he said editor in chief of the continent that he's 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 feel can really help the you going forward. his simon 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 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 if any, what simon they absolutely spot on. but before i comment on that, i would say if you look at the commission, different conditions between the actually not as mccauley said, i mean you look out for many of the people in the commission about african congress . i know what our numerous people will be in politics and countries for so long. i mean, these are men, i'm the age of 15 majority. so i'm really questioning diversity actually pointing to right. good. well, i was actually seeing a you see can in itself be i wasn't trained but it is saying for you to see the diversity at the

a youth from head of state 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 different hipaa said that's when you don't address the policies at home. exactly. but then the question, if you see that that should be the, you know, back to what time. yeah, absolutely sports. and when we say reform what, what, what are you talking about? i mean, if you look at the recent who's looking at getting what, you know, do come out to con, then the military, military leader was africa and you know, doing before the school after that, as a question, when it's got to be done, we did a show on the stream a little while ago, which was about how many qusay on the african continent. and there was so many we had, we did a whole half an hour conversation about them. but let me push you here. it is easy

to critique the african union fall to easy. what if you have one reform, if you could fit in at if and you could do one thing i think would happen if we him, what would it be? i'm sure you're watching. i'm sure that what you're right now, the question will be to them. 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 by winder expected countries over stopping a chatter and provisions before the situation is in those countries, the generating 2 pails which of course invites cool. so what is happening with that protocol as would be right? price entirety. so these are some of the basic steps to take your questions. all right, so i'm going to go to solomon here. solomon spoke with a little bit early. he's the founding director of money africa. i'm going to put

solomon's thought to you. hello. and then i want you to come off with come 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, my 1st is in terms of that police officer for the 2nd transform mission of the continent. the certainty in developing norms and forces the end of the source for the apartment. because it's night he's in providing a comment for russia. the response to shoot you with a challenge. our chinese 1900. there is all changes in there are street new starting target person is getting. they got

a personal 2nd. these are words dot com and the 3rd quarter is to ship from we government to we the people. alright. i would agree with him. i mean, for me right at the top of my list, i me is to ensure that a you is being domestically finance, right? now approximately or between 60 to 90 percent of the budget comes from external sources. so we still have a lot of funding going into. 6 a you implementation of project them and the convenience, and i think that's in itself takes away from the aspect of africa, africa for africa. so dealing with issues by ourselves. and then 2nd me, it is that we need to have a lot more chords, mason, and financing,

and trying to me from a situation particularly those in the e canonical financial spaces. because we need for them to deal quite proud, practically, and immediate me on my 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 infrastructure needs that we have at the moment, who are talking about over a $100000000000.00, a $100000000.00 deficit that we have in the interest in infrastructure investment when capitalization. and i think nap paid a u a f d b and offering them we're able to coordinate much better together with cfc a secretary and we will get on down the acronym city. thank you so much. i'm not sure though, the african candidate trust for a cabinet minister referring out the acronyms like this notion putting you in the

notes in quarter. all right, somebody kit to i come back here, show off, come back to my lap. so on twitter, we asked people about the african union and twitter rose stage. the african union said it was we roasted edwin. good for now. uni that needs total, overhauling literally has 0 impact, says nigel, not even a 1000000 miles near its object is all because a greedy leaders who are benefiting from bad systems everywhere. good for nothing, union and wild boar. the purpose that it is been used to bill the power of individual dictatorial leaders to attack their own citizens and satisfy their own pocket. there is a pan african organization called africans arising. they are marking african union day with a whole week of activities evolve. 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 a you have a good a in, and this is 3 to south and deliver adding the fire life. all of a comes valid us progress if someone called as a plus, i've been passed by this morning. but the reality of the, for some of the policies on the matter africans, is been question. why many are leaders so from fighters, from east brim, the house, you know, united state of africa were homeless have been achieved. it's been question african, been able to move around written african nation to body and saw him in the interest of leaders, southern africa when he doesn't how the palace, the whole leaders accountable. i'm a citizens actually losing confidence and hope in the body. or i guess we have 2 minutes left and 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 the teacher who works in computer science. davis says, please, what does the a, you do, abraham 20 seconds go? well, the, what it does is i don't know how to describe it because you haven't got it and are supposed to prevents you complete or correcting the content. and, you know, bring people together to ensure that, you know, the continent moves together and company can. i mean, i got to charge you to a person and i don't think they would i be on a comment is 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 bad is that payment system? it's meant to regularize the differences and i'll currencies at the moment that is supposed to support to align missions by in traffic on trade. because of how far

we are from having an in an african currency. because of the different monetary policies that we have and the fiscal. all right, we have so much want to talk about so many comments on each of each of us. thank you so much for taking part in this program and also hollow and abraham 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 see you next time. take everybody. ah ah, the answer was an arabic. my name is howard,

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