The AEC is the leading forum for discussing Africa’s pressing concerns. Its specific objectives are to:
- promote knowledge management as an important driver of policy dialogue, planning, and implementation;
- foster dialogue among researchers, development practitioners, and policymakers;
- encourage and enhance research on African economic and policy issues by promoting evidence-based policymaking;
- provide an opportunity for young African researchers, Africans in the diaspora, and organizations to share their knowledge with policymakers; and
- serve as a platform for researchers, policymakers, and private sector operators to meet and have a consensus on regional and continental integration to accelerate Africa’s inclusive and sustainable development.
Since 2006, the AEC has fostered the exchange of knowledge on a variety of issues .
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Past African Economic Conference themes
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- AEC 2021 – Financing Africa’s Post-COVID-19 Development
- AEC 2020 – Africa beyond COVID-19: Accelerating towards Inclusive Sustainable Development
- AEC 2019 – Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Development for African Youths
- AEC 2018 – Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s development
- AEC 2017 – Governance for Structural Transformation
- AEC 2016 – Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth
- AEC 2015 – Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda
- AEC 2014 – Knowledge and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation
- AEC 2013 – Regional Integration in Africa
- AEC 2012 – Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Transformation in Africa in an Age of Global Economic Uncertainty
- AEC 2011 – Green Economy and Structural Transformation in Africa
- AEC 2010 – Setting the Agenda for Africa’s Economic Recovery and Long-Term Growth
- AEC 2009 – Fostering Development in an Era of Financial and Economic Crises
- AEC 2008 – Globalization, Institutions and Economic Development of Africa
- AEC 2007 – Opportunities and Challenges of Development for Africa in the Global Arena
- AEC 2006 – Accelerating Africa’s Development Five Years into the 21st Century.
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