Repositioning Africa for Sustainable Development: Examining Shared Challenges and Common Solutions

Abstract

This paper presents a pragmatic discussion of contemporary issues bedeviling the future role of African youth vis-à-vis the continent’s challenges of governance and development. The focus of our contribution is on the African Union (AU), the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and the African Leadership Academy Model African Union (ALAMAU). These institutions are a response to the myriad of challenges confronting Africa today. This study is important because it provides an in-depth explanation of the problems and prospects of development in the continent. To attain this goal, it proposes and discusses strategies targeted at resolving these challenges and places an emphasis on the need for partnering for the identification and application of shared common solutions to Africa’s development.