You are cordially invited to participate in a world-wide African intellectual discussion on African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana's Africa "Agenda 2063" to take place world-wide on Saturday March 15, 2014, through Free Conference Call.  Africans outside the United States are provided with local numbers in their respective countries to participate.  But only 1000 people could be accommodated.

On the 24th of January, 2014, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the African Union Commission Chairperson, penned an historical and exciting document about what she envisions as the future of our continent - Africa.  In 2063, what would be the fate of Africa, what would be its standing in the world?  This is a document that needs to be discussed seriously by Africans throughout the world - Continental Africans and Diaspora Africans.  Fortunately, technology has made it possible for us not to spend millions of dollars to have another Global African Diaspora Summit to discuss this very important document as to the shape and future of our continent.

She calls it an "Agenda 2063," and an agenda must be discussed to arrive at an consensus. After consultations, we decided that this very important document should not be left in the dustbins of history.  We cannot just read it and then file it away.  It is too important to be ignored.  If at a future date, a physical meeting is necessary, it would be decided through this conference call discussions.

Agenda 1: ADOPTION OF DR. NKOSAZANA'S "AGENDA 2063" AS AFRICAN WORLD-WIDE PLAN OF ACTION

Agenda 2:  CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN STATES

Dr. Nkosazana: "In fact, if Africa was one country in 2006, we would have been the 10th largest economy in the world! However, instead of acting as one, with virtually every resource in the world (land, oceans, minerals, energy, forests) and over a billion people, we acted as fifty-five small and fragmented individual countries.

That was the case in 2013, but reality finally dawned and we had long debates about the form that our unity should take: confederation, a united states, a federation or a union.

As you can see, my friend, those debates are over and the Confederation of African States is now twelve years old, launched in 2051"

Agenda 3:  FORMATION OF AFRICAN UNION CLUBS IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Dr. Nkosazana: "The role played by successive generations of African youth contributed to our success. Already in 2013 during the Golden Jubilee celebrations, it was the youth that loudly questioned the slow progress towards integration.

They formed African Union Clubs in schools and universities across the continent, and linked with each other on social media. Thus we saw the grand push for integration, for the free movement of people, for harmonization of education and professional qualifications, with the Pan African University and indeed the university sector and intelligentsia playing an instrumental role."

Agenda 4:  ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY BY 2034 AND CONTROLLING AFRICA'S RESOURCES  

Dr. Nkosazana:  "My friend, Africa has indeed transformed herself from an exporter of raw materials with a declining manufacturing sector in 2013, to become a major food exporter, a global manufacturing hub, a knowledge centre, beneficiating our natural resources and agricultural products as drivers to industrialization.

Pan African companies, from mining to finance, food and beverages, hospitality and tourism, pharmaceuticals, fashion, fisheries and ICT are driving integration, and are amongst the global leaders in their sectors.

Africa is now the third largest economy in the world. As the Foreign Minister's retreat in Bahir Dar in January 2014 emphasized, we did this by finding the balance between market forces and strong and accountable developmental states and RECS to drive infrastructure, the provision of social services, industrialization and economic integration."

Agenda 4: ROLE OF "AGENDA 2063" IN BRINGING ABOUT SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION

Dr. Nkosazana:  "My friend, Africa has indeed transformed herself from an exporter of raw materials with a declining manufacturing sector in 2013, to become a major food exporter, a global manufacturing hub, a knowledge centre, beneficiating our natural resources and agricultural products as drivers to industrialization.

Pan African companies, from mining to finance, food and beverages, hospitality and tourism, pharmaceuticals, fashion, fisheries and ICT are driving integration, and are amongst the global leaders in their sectors.

Africa is now the third largest economy in the world. As the Foreign Minister's retreat in Bahir Dar in January 2014 emphasized, we did this by finding the balance between market forces and strong and accountable developmental states and RECS to drive infrastructure, the provision of social services, industrialization and economic integration."

READ THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT HERE IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE.

Dr. Chika Oyeani is the past Chairperson of the African Union Diaspora Task Team. He is the Publisher of African Sun Times and Host of Straight Talk

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