The continent’s economic growth had declined rapidly in that decade by an average of 2.5 per cent annually by 1990, hitting the already poor the hardest. Africa’s heads of states have been emboldened in their transformative campaign by some astonishing turn of economic and political events. With this new transformative mandate, the Chairperson will become, or will need to become, a pivotal African and international figure, the global face of the African Union and of the African people. Mr Odinga has presented to Africa’s leaders his ambitious, carefully thought-through agenda for this moment of historic transformation and transition. Africa would be very fortunate to have him at the helm of the African Union Commission at such a historic and an exciting moment.

Source: Daily Nation October 13, 2024 12:40 UTC