AU summit 32: Egypt takes the wheel at the AU

Egypt's 2019 AU chairmanship focuses on economic goals, intra-African trade, and institutional reform, though the author notes a significant gap regarding governance and the need for Egypt to ratify the CFTA.

• Egypt outlined six priority areas for its 2019 AU chairmanship: building bridges among Africa’s people, cooperating with partners, economic and regional integration, economic and social development, institutional and financial reform of the AU, and peace and security.
• Egypt's chairmanship emphasizes economic development and intra-African trade, with President Sisi stating that Egypt increased its investments in Africa by $1.2 billion in 2018 to reach a total of $10.2 billion.
• Despite promoting the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) agreement, Egypt had not yet ratified the agreement at the time of the report.
• The author identifies a major policy gap in Egypt's priorities: the absence of governance issues, which are described as central to Africa's underdevelopment.
• Egypt's peace and security priorities include establishing the AU Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development in Cairo and launching the Aswan Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development.

APA

Atta-Asamoah, A. (2019). AU summit 32: Egypt takes the wheel at the AU. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/iss-today/au-summit-32-egypt-takes-the-wheel-at-the-au

Chicago

Atta-Asamoah, Andrews. AU summit 32: Egypt takes the wheel at the AU. Institute for Security Studies, 2019. https://issafrica.org/iss-today/au-summit-32-egypt-takes-the-wheel-at-the-au.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{attaasamoah2019summit, author = {Atta-Asamoah, Andrews}, title = {{AU summit 32: Egypt takes the wheel at the AU}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://issafrica.org/iss-today/au-summit-32-egypt-takes-the-wheel-at-the-au}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }