Africa development agency s role hailed By OTIATO OPALI in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-02 09:49
Rwanda s President Paul Kagame talks during an interactive interview with Rwanda Broadcasting Agency in Kigali, Rwanda on Sept 6, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
When the New Partnership for Africa s Development, or NEPAD, was established in 2001, it was envisaged as the primary mechanism to coordinate the pace and impact of Africa s development in the 21st century.
Now, two decades down the line, the pan-African strategic framework for socioeconomic development has so far had a memorable journey. It is credited with institutional strides and programmatic landmarks reflecting the performance of the NEPAD as an entity.
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Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire, 28 January 2021 - African leaders and representatives from the development community, civil society and private sector came together on Thursday for a symposium to celebrate two decades of the New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD), a flagship programme of the African Union.
Participants commended the African Development Bank highly for its role in financing infrastructure and agricultural programs on the continent.
NEPAD has endured multiple global crises since its inception, the most recent being the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The organization was relaunched as the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) in 2018, which participants noted was a turning point in its evolution.