UCLG Africa postpones this year’s Africities summit in the wake of COVID-19
The pan-African organization of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, UCLG Africa, has postponed the ninth edition of the Africities Summit, Africities 9, which was initially scheduled to take place from November 16 to November 20, 2021 in Kisumu, Kenya upon the request of Kenyan government in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event will now take place from April 26 to 30, 2022 in the Kenyan lakeside city.
The summit’s theme is "The role of Africa's intermediary cities in the implementation of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063".
Kisumu is the very first intermediate city to host the Africities Summit. The previous Africities 8 edition, held in Marrakech in November 2018 in Morocco, was attended by a record 8,300 participants from 79 countries, including 52 African countries.
The Africities summit is the largest democratic gathering organized on the African continent. It brings together the ministers every three years; mayors and leaders of local authorities; representatives of civil society, the private sector, academia and research; national, regional and international financial institutions; development partners; and other stakeholders.
The Africities summit offers a unique platform for dialogue on the role of local authorities in the development and unity of Africa, and on the place of decentralization in improving the governance of public affairs in Africa.
