THE PANDEMIC OF 2019 AND AFRICAN UNION AGENDA 2063: A CRITICAL EVALUATION


This work examined the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic sectors of African states economy as regard to the Agenda 2063 of the African Union (AU). It states the aspirations, goals and priorities of the agenda 2063. It adopted neo-liberalism theory and used qualitative means of data collection. It used descriptive analysis method to analyze the data based on the existing information. It was found out that the COVID-19 exposed the ill parts of African states economy. It showed that African states are still backwards to the sustainable development it is looking up to. The work recommended among others that the governments of African states should through the agenda 2063 upgrade different sectors of their economy, which includes health, education, technology, etc so as to achieve sustainable development on or before the year 2063. Keywords: Africa, Pandemic, Development, African Union and Industrialization


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