In January 2015, during the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, member states adopted the Agenda 2063 framework. The ambitious economic blueprint aims to promote inclusive growth and sustainable development in Africa over the next four decades. It consists of seven aspirations and 20 goals covering various priority areas, including healthcare, education, employment, governance, democracy, culture, and technology. The agenda seeks to transform Africa into a prosperous, integrated, and peaceful continent, but a look at the Agenda 2063 dashboard reveals that the continent’s overall score on all aspirations is only 33%, which is not inspiring. Technical and politico-socioeconomic challenges have…
Nyasha McBride Mpani
Nyasha McBride Mpani
Nyasha McBride Mpani is the Project Leader for the Data for Governance Alliance Project (D4GA) at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. The D4GA project promotes Pan-African CSO public data advocacy and strengthens the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. He was an Advocacy Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and previously, a Parliamentary Program Assistant at the Democracy Development Program (Durban).
