17th edition of African Economic Conference kicks off in Mauritius

The AEC 2022 is being jointly organised over three days by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the theme “Supporting Climate-Smart Development in Africa.”

“We could not have come up with a better and timely theme than this one, as the world has just concluded the 27th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP27), dubbed ‘the African COP,’ in Sharm El-Sheikh, in Egypt. The theme of this year’s AEC 2022 perfectly echoes the conclusions of COP27, which reminded us that time is not on our side. We should quickly move from pledges to action and implementation. No more talk but more actions,” according to remarks by the President of the AfDB Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina’s, which were delivered by Kevin Urama, the bank’s acting chief economist and vice-president.