Agenda 2063 is expected to inspire sustainable development plans in Africa and allow the continent to determine its own destiny, according to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn. Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Africa must focus on mobilizing local resources rather than relying on outside funding. AUC Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma stressed the importance of investing in education, particularly in math, science, technology and engineering, to enable the success of Agenda 2063. ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes called for accelerated industrialization to structurally transform African economies.

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WHAT AFRICA'S LEADERS
SAID

2. H.E. Mr Hailemariam
Dessalegn, Prime Minister of
Ethiopia
I am genuinely convinced that Agenda 2063 is
expected to be a source of a of inspiration for the
development of national and regional sustainable
development plans.
It represents a collective effort and an
opportunity for Africa to regain its power, to
determine its own destiny.
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3. President Paul Kagame,
Rwanda, on agenda 2063.
We have become used to thinking
about development as something we do with
money or other means coming from outside
of our counties or continent. However we
must continue to challenge ourselves,
focusing on, and making better use of what
we already possess or can mobilise locally –
and there is plenty.

4. AUC Chairperson H.E Dr
Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma
It is important that we see investment in our
people as the first prerequisite for Agenda 2063
to happen … and we must begin to shift the
focus to stern areas. “Maths, Science,
technology and engineering are going to be very
import areas, going forward [… ] This skills
revolution is a necessary ingredient for the
success of Agenda 2063

5. H.E. Mr Carlos Lopes,
Executive Secretary, ECA
Strengthened by our policy research, we
continue to call for accelerated and
industrialisation as key to the structural
transformation of African economies. The deep
focus on industrialisation, demonstrates our
commitment to insure that policy research and
statistics are strategically relevant to Africa’s
development priorities.