The 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 2nd to 4th December 2019.

Since its inception in 2006, the AEC series has fostered dialogue and the exchange of knowledge on a variety of issues and challenges facing Africa.

The theme of this year’s conference is: “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Development for African Youths”.

Policy-oriented papers that are linked to the overall theme of the conference are of particular interest.

Documents

• Concept Note

Stories

• Stakeholders resolve to leave no youth behind in Africa
  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 5 December 2019
• Nations urged to ‘stop digging and exporting’ Africa’s raw materials
  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 3 December 2019
• African youths, an asset for their countries
  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2 December 2019
• 2019 African Economic Conference: A clarion call for bolder action to tackle Africa’s youth jobs crisis
  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2 December 2019

The Conference in Images

• Opening Ceremony
• Press Conference
• Plenary Session 1:  High-level panel on youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship for  Africa’s development ( AfDB, ECA, and UNDP)
• Special Event A: Skills and employment creation for youth: Lessons for North Africa (ECA Sub-Regional Office - North Africa)
• Plenary Session 2: Institutions and Policies for job creation, skills acquisition and capacity building of African youth (AfDB)
• Plenary session 3:  Leveraging the private sector to increase youth employment and employability (ECA)

More photos on our Flickr page and on the AEC website

Videos

AEC 2019 Opening Hightlights

More videos on the Conference

Links

• Programme
• AEC 2019 website