The African Union (AU) summit concluded in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Tuesday with African leaders pledging to take concrete measures to develop Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that can help the continent realize its development goals.
The three-day summit was held on the theme "Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and prospects for Development."
Delivering the concluding note, the current chairperson of the Assembly of the AU, Bingu Wa Mutharika, said the summit had agreed the need for actions that would lead the African countries from poverty to prosperity.
He called upon African Union Commission to come up with a rapid Plan of Action to ensure food security, develop transport and communication infrastructure to "connect all our eight regions as a basis for integrating our continent," and augment energy generation capacity.
Mutharika reiterated the need for the African bloc to implement its decisions, declarations and resolutions.
The summit also discussed climate change, peace and security in the continent and the unconstitutional government changes in some of the African countries.
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