The oldest African leader is 87. That is Cameroon’s Paul Biya. If his gods allow him to enjoy a much longer life, he will be 130 years old when Agenda 2063 happens.
The youngest is 43. That is Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. When Agenda 2063 finally happens, he will be 86 and out of power.
Their ages:
- Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza 58
- Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba 61
- Seychelles Danny Faure 58
- Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh 72
- Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio 56
- Mauritania Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani 63
- Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 77
- Namibia Hage Geingob 78
- Zimbabwe Emerson Mnangagwa 77
- South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa 67
- Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi 57
- Zambia Edgar Lungu 63
- Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi 61
- Tanzania John Pombe Magufuli 60
- Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta 58
- Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni 75
- Rwanda Paul Kagame 62
- Angola João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço 66
- Malawi Arthur Peter Mutharika 79
- DRC Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo 56
- Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra 63
- South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit 68
- Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali 43
- Eritrea Isaias Afwerk 74
- Egypt Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi 65
- Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari 77
- Chad General Idriss Déby 67
- Senegal Macky Sall 58
- Ivory Coast Alassane Dramane Ouattara 78
- Cameroon Paul Biya 87
- Ghana William Addo Akufo-Addo 76
- Morocco Saad-Eddine El Othmani 64
- Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune 74
- Madagascar Andry Nirina Rajoelina 45
- Somalia Hassan Ali Khaire 52
- Niger Brigi Rafini 67
- Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré 63
- Liberia George Manneh Oppong Weah 53
- Guinea Alpha Condé 82
- Gambia Adama Barrow 55
- Cape Verde José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva 57
- Togo Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma 53
- Benin Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon 62
- Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth 58
What they say about Agenda 2063 – is Africa’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the continent’s strategic framework that aims to deliver on its goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance The genesis of Agenda 2063 was the realisation by African leaders that there was a need to refocus and reprioritise Africa’s agenda from the struggle against apartheid and the attainment of political independence for the continent which had been the focus of The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor of the African Union; and instead to prioritise inclusive social and economic development, continental and regional integration, democratic governance and peace and security amongst other issues aimed at repositioning Africa to becoming a dominant player in the global arena.
Agenda 2063 was launched in 2013. It is broken into 10-year periods. The first 10-year period started in 2013 and ends in 2023.
This period has aims to:
- Identify priority areas, set specific targets, define strategies and policy measures required to implement the FTYIP of Agenda 2063.
- Bring to fruition the Fast Track programmes and initiatives outlined in the Malabo Decisions of the African Union (AU) to provide the big push and breakthroughs for Africa’s economic and social transformation.
- Provide information to all key stakeholders at the national, regional, and continental levels on the expected results/outcomes for the first ten years of the plan and assign responsibilities to all stakeholders in its implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- Outline the strategies required to ensure the availability of resources and capacities together with citizen’s engagement in the implementation of the First Ten Year Plan.
- To ensure that Agenda 2063 is not only implemented but that it has measurable results, the FTYIP enumerates 20 Agenda 2063 Goals linked to the 7 Aspiration and each of these goals identifies the priority areas to be implemented at a national level to ensure that collectively Africa will attain its developmental objectives.
*To be continued
