7 Reasons Why #7AUAgencies?
A Product of KUINT5SSENCE Comms
☑️An independent self-sponsored project spearheaded by E K Bensah Jr in partnership with ECOWAS Business News & East Africa Rising Group to help raise awareness of the AU in general and AU agencies in particular, including role of STCs as per article 14 of AU Constitutive Act
☑️7-year project
☑️Project ends in 30th anniversary celebration of AU in 2032
☑️Maiden edition pioneered “cross-continental collaborations”, which seeks to unpack extent to which 7 AU Agencies are working together
☑️All selected AU agencies are intimately-connected with Agenda 2063 – either as flagship projects or AU agencies explicitly-promoting any of the 7 aspirations of Agenda 2063
☑️Regular updates (outcomes of Feb AU Summits and Mid-yr ones in July to be reflected in revised editions)
☑️An opportunity to monitor & evaluate tenure(s) of new Chairperson and their administration
NOTE – ABOUT THE 7 AU AGENCIES
📌AFCFTA (flagship project of A2063)
📌APRM (Promoting aspirations 3 & 4 of A2063)
📌AMDC (connected to A2063 flagship project of Africa Commodity Strategy)
📌AfCAC (Executing Agency of A2063 flagship project SAATM)
📌AUDA-NEPAD (custodian of Agenda 2063 & CAADP processes, including 2025 Kampala Summit)
ECOSOCC (CSO Advisory for all AU MS)
📌African Risk Capacity Group (Promoting aspiration 7 of A2063)
