AGENDA 2063 The Africa We Want • Completely eliminate hunger and food insecurity; • Reduce the imports of food and raise intra-Africa trade in agriculture and food to 50% of total formal food and agricultural trade; • Expand the introduction of modern agricultural systems, technology, practices and training, including the banishment of the hand-hoe; • Develop and implement affirmative policies and advocacy to ensure women’s increased access to land and inputs, and ensure that at least 30% of agricultural financing are accessed by women; and • Economically empower women and youth by enhancing access to financial resources for investment. f. Act with a sense of urgency on climate change and the environment, implementation of the Programme on Climate Action in Africa, including: • Identification of five regional technology centres, linking with national designated climate technology entities; • Programmes on climate change targeting women and youth; • A climate resilient agricultural development programme such as CAADP; • Sustainable forest management programmes; • National adaptation plans, systems and structures (National Designated Authorities and Implementation Entities); and • Sustainable exploitation and management of Africa’s diversity for the benefit of its people. g. Connect Africa through world-class Infrastructure, including interconnectivity between island states and the mainland, and with a concerted push to finance and implement the major infrastructure projects in: • Transport: connecting all African capitals and commercial centres through the Africa Integrated High Speed Train Network, the PIDA transport corridors; improving the efficiency and connections of the African aviation sector and implementing the Yamoussoukro Declaration, and strengthening the African port and shipping sector as regional and continental assets. • Energy: harnessing all African energy resources to ensure modern, efficient, reliable, cost-effective, renewable and environmentally friendly energy to all African households, businesses, industries and institutions, through building the national and regional energy pools and grids, and PIDA energy projects. • ICT: a continent on equal footing with the rest of the world as an information society, an integrated e-economy where every government, business and citizen has access to reliable and affordable ICT services by increasing 16

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