Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

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"IMPACT drives INCOME. Not the other way around."

“No Mission. No Money.”

– Tom Suddes

Africa Agenda’s mission is to enhance positive images of Africa through engagement with the community, mass media outlets leaders and lay people in order to promote the social, economic, and political development of the continent,

This mission addresses four key areas of empowerment as follows:

Media:

To create positive and accurate images of Africa in the media which highlight its vast potential in the areas of economic investment, business, the arts and cultural education.

Education:

To create programs that provide the opportunity for educational exchange between African and American youth and adults in an effort to facilitate valuable discourse on culture, business and economics

Economic Development:

To serve as a clearinghouse for the distribution of information and resources on events, funding and economic developments that provide the opportunity for business and organizational partnerships between the U.S. and continental Africa.

Democracy:

To unite leaders in democracy for the purpose of preserving freedoms, values and principles that foster a global society of shared wealth and economic stability

How are we fulfilling our mission?

Check back soon to read about our 2010 to 2012 strategic vision

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TODAY'S AFRICA

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“Today’s Africa is clearly different from the Africa of the early 1990’s, when it was coming out of the declines after the first two oil price shocks, the debt problems, and stagnation of the adjustments years. Thanks to the recent acceleration of growth, there is a higher economic base to work with”

“Africa today enjoys better economic prospects because its leaders have undertaken major reforms during the past 10 years and are taking increasing control of their economic destiny”

“African governments are making regional initiatives in conflict resolution and are taking action to improve governance under the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)”

The World Bank’s Country Performance and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score is a broad measure of policy and institutional performance. With regard to Africa they have used 16 items to measure performance based on economic management, structural policies, policies for social inclusion and equity and public sector management and institutions.

In 2005 the CPIA score for African countries was 2.8. By 2006, it was 3.2

According to the World Bank, countries with CPIA scores of greater than or equal to 3.5 by 2006 tend to have higher growth and lower inflation than those with lower than 3.5. Only exception is Zimbabwe.

Sign of the Times in Africa

In 2008, the Probability for conflict has declined in many African Nations from 17 to 6.

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Reduced Inflation

From 1980’s to 2008- About 10 countries experienced hyper inflation at various points in time

Now, Inflation in Africa has come down since 1995. Inflation has fallen below 10% since 2002, except in Zimbabwe

Number of countries that have kept inflation below 10% a year Increased from 11 to 30 countries