{"id":29902,"date":"2016-11-01T02:09:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-meets-african-union-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:57:57","slug":"president-kagame-meets-african-union-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-meets-african-union-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame meets African Union overhaul team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame yesterday met the team of nine people who will work with him in reforming the African Union Commission.}<\/p>\n<p>Talks between the nine delegates and Kagame were attended by Rwanda\u2019s minister of foreign affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo and the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.<\/p>\n<p>The team includes experts in economics, politics and commerce on African continent from public and private institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Those who met Kagame include Rwandan Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the former President of the African Development Bank, and Dr Acha Leke \u2013 a Senior Partner at McKinsey &#038; Co.; Dr. Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Strive Masiyiwa \u2013 Executive Chairman of Econet Wireless, and Tito Mboweni, former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Others include a team of women : J. Mohammed \u2013 Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Environment; Mariam Mahamat Nour \u2013 the Chadian Minister of Economy, Planning, and International Cooperation; Cape Verde\u2019s Cristina Duarte \u2013 the Former Minister of Finance and Planning, and Cameroonian economist Vera Songwe, the Regional Director for West and Central Africa at the International Finance Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame was assigned to lead the African Union overhaul during the African Union Summit held in Kigali recently from 10th to 18th July, 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Outcomes from his team\u2019s interventions will be presented to the meeting of heads of states in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Reforms being undertaken in the administration of African Union will explain clearly the structure and define responsibilities based on existing plans among others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-16073 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/13-223.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame with the African union overhaul team yesterday\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame yesterday met the team of nine people who will work with him in reforming the African Union Commission.} Talks between the nine delegates and Kagame were attended by Rwanda\u2019s minister of foreign affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo and the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. 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