Speaking at the closing ceremony, the current chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, Bingu Wa Mutharika said the summit was concluded on schedule, with concrete agreements on actions that the African countries need to take to move the continent from poverty to prosperity.
Bingu Wa Mutharika, the president of Malawi, said during the three-day summit, the participants discussed critical issues that affect the continent, and he is more than convinced that the African countries will place ICT as a vehicle for driving Africa’s development agenda.
The chairperson said Africa has a lot of development priorities areas, requiring energy and focus of the African countries. "To begin with we must put in place a robust Food Security Program to eliminate hunger within the next five years, and that no child in Africa dies of hunger and malnutrition anymore." "We should also develop our transport and communication infrastructure to connect all our eight regions as a basis for integrating our continent." "We must take urgent steps to develop our energy generation capacity to make electricity more affordable and available to industries and our people."
He said it is his expectation that the Commission will act without delay and comp up with a Plan of Action. "We should act now, for there is no time for Africa to waste." "This year we celebrated 2010 as the Year of Peace and Security. Such a noble theme can only find meaning when we, collectively and individually, dedicate our efforts to finding solutions to the remaining political crises on the continent.
Source: Africatime (NEWS.CN)