The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union

This paper assessed the economic shortfalls of the African leaders in/ through the African Union (AU) in the revival of the African economy and that continues to hinder the continent’s development. In doing so, the study employed qualitative techniques. Document analysis was used to illustrate that...

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Main Authors: Phemelo Olifile Marumo, Thabang Richard Motswaledi
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Language:English
Published: Noyam Journals 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/EHASS202451310.pdf
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description This paper assessed the economic shortfalls of the African leaders in/ through the African Union (AU) in the revival of the African economy and that continues to hinder the continent’s development. In doing so, the study employed qualitative techniques. Document analysis was used to illustrate that the African leaders in the organization have not done justice to their goal of being role players economic development of the continent. This has led to the contemporary mediocrity performance of continental economic development. This paper discovered that the economic vision of the African leaders through the AU has not been met thus far. This is a clear indication of the failure of the leaders to meet the organization’s objective in terms of poverty alleviation is concerned. The study recommends various mechanisms to enhance Africa’s development through internal trade and economic integration. Hence, it concludes that it is clear that the African Union has not yet achieved its economic objectives. To change this, Africa needs to promote unity and establish itself as a key player in global economic trade, rather than being on the sidelines.
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spelling doaj-art-05725a7aaaba4998998383473d9a13a52025-08-20T01:53:31ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222024-10-0151321312140https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451310The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African UnionPhemelo Olifile Marumo0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-1286Thabang Richard Motswaledi1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3484-1815School of Philosophy, Northwest University, South Africa.Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Government Studies, North West University, South AfricaThis paper assessed the economic shortfalls of the African leaders in/ through the African Union (AU) in the revival of the African economy and that continues to hinder the continent’s development. In doing so, the study employed qualitative techniques. Document analysis was used to illustrate that the African leaders in the organization have not done justice to their goal of being role players economic development of the continent. This has led to the contemporary mediocrity performance of continental economic development. This paper discovered that the economic vision of the African leaders through the AU has not been met thus far. This is a clear indication of the failure of the leaders to meet the organization’s objective in terms of poverty alleviation is concerned. The study recommends various mechanisms to enhance Africa’s development through internal trade and economic integration. Hence, it concludes that it is clear that the African Union has not yet achieved its economic objectives. To change this, Africa needs to promote unity and establish itself as a key player in global economic trade, rather than being on the sidelines.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/EHASS202451310.pdfobjectives of the aufailures of the african leaderthe aucontinent’s economic growth and stability.
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title The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union
title_full The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union
title_fullStr The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union
title_full_unstemmed The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union
title_short The Failure of African Leaders to Revive the Economy and Alleviate Poverty through the African Union
title_sort failure of african leaders to revive the economy and alleviate poverty through the african union
topic objectives of the au
failures of the african leader
the au
continent’s economic growth and stability.
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