The African Union (AU) is urging member states and regional economic communities to embed Agenda 2063's 2024-2033 plan in development budgets and monitoring systems after a review found progress too slow to meet the framework's goals.
At its Feb. 11-12, 2026, session, the AU Executive Council took note of preliminary findings from the first biennial performance report, covering 2024-2025. It said implementation was not advancing fast enough to meet Agenda 2063's aspirations, citing macroeconomic vulnerabilities, climate shocks, insecurity, constrained financing and low institutional capacity.
The council also cited slow ratifications, inadequate skills and capacity, and insufficient funding for large flagship projects. It identified those issues as obstacles to carrying out the plan.
On June 18, African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said continental performance under the first biennial report stood at 53%. The commission's readout linked the 53% figure to the first biennial progress report but did not specify the period measured, calculation or benchmark.
Agenda 2063 was adopted in January 2015. Its first Ten-Year Implementation Plan covered 2014-2023; the second runs from 2024 to 2033 and calls for faster implementation. The second plan lists coordination, financing, monitoring, data, accountability and capacity development among its implementation supports.
In an Oct. 25 opinion column for Premium Times Nigeria, columnist Dipo Baruwa argued that African institutions should focus on carrying out existing frameworks while continuing to work with international partners. He said partnerships should advance African priorities and leave lasting skills, institutions and productive capacity. “What Africa may need most, therefore, is not another grand plan,” Baruwa wrote.
The council urged member states and regional economic communities to integrate the second plan into national and regional development plans and budgets, as well as monitoring and evaluation systems. It also called for the domestic resource mobilization strategy to be put into operation to reduce reliance on external financing.
