Opening remarks by African Union Commission chairperson, HE Dr. Dlamini Zuma to the plenary session on ‘leadership of regional integration’: progress and challenges with integration

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Opening remarks by African Union Commission Chairperson, HE Dr. Dlamini Zuma to the Plenary session on ‘Leadership of Regional Integration’ Progress and challenges with integration. H. E. Dr. Zuma, on his remarks highlighted that, We have to move from a situation of Africa as the least integrated continent, especially with regards to trade and infrastructure, towards pooling our collective resources, skills, markets, industries, experiences and other strengths. Continental integration is therefore critical to all aspects of Agenda 2063, towards realization of a Pan African Renaissance and to the medium term priorities of the AU Commission. We need to speed up progress on integration issues such as integrating the RECs, building the regional and continental common markets, free movement of people, services and goods and harmonization of policies.