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From Vision to Vogue: The Birth of Africa Week Europe

The Africa Week and Economic Meeting, Europe has Rome (Italy) as its Headquarters. Africa Week is an annual event in which African wins and woes are appraised, and by which the foundation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) (now known as African Union (AU) in 1963 is commemorated. The Africa Day which was later extended to Africa Week is celebrated annually on the 25th day of May, while the Africa Week is celebrated at any period of the year by governments, governmental non-governmental agencies, various institutions and groups, and even individuals.
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Studies has it that Africa Week proper was first celebrated in Paris in 2011. It is the annual flagship event of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of the Africa Group at UNESCO, a body that brings together the Member States of the African continent. Africa Week includes a kaleidoscope of cultural, scientific, artistic and epicurean events, always in honor of Africa Day (25 May).

Giving the African Contient the Recognition it Deserves

Since 2011, UNESCO, at the beginning of every year, announces the theme for Africa Week for the year, and the African Union does also announce its own theme for Africa Week, which in most cases, attempts to bring home the often generic theme of the UNESCO.

Sustainability Initiatives

Gearing up the African Contient for a Better Tomorrow

The Rome 2026 Africa Week Rome as well as the previous ones of 2023 and 2024, 2025, is an initiative of the International Bio-Research Institute (IBI) in Enugu, Nigeria, and its sister institution – International Bio-Research University [I.B.U. Soccop.) (founded and presided over by Prof. Edmund Ugwu Agbo). Many other institutions in Italy – Skillonline Srl., Nkemnkia Community Development Empowerment International Foundation (NCDEIF), Fondarc Foundation, African Women in the Diaspora (MWASI), Inter-Universities Research Centre for Sustainable Development (CIRPS), Smart City Corporation, New Frontiers of Law (NFD Associazione Nuova Civilta’ Italica Roma (ANCIR), Mediterranean Academy for Cultural Diplomacy (Othismos), and some other Entities. The Association of the organisers is known and referred to as the “Africa Week and Economic Meeting, Europe, Europe” (AWEME), with its Headquarters in ROME (ITALY).

The first edition of Africa Week and Economic Meeting, Europe (AWEME) programme (then referred to as Africa Week Rome) in Europe took place in Rome, Italy in 2023 and its first edition on the African continent took place in Abuja, Nigeria, on 31st May 2025.

The goal of the AWEME since its inception has been the promotion of the African continent through healthy, non-predatory and mutually beneficial cooperation between African and other continents, with a special focus on Europe. Many African embassies in Italy, some Italian Ambassadors in African countries, Some Ambassadors of the European Union, as well as many institutions – academic and non-academic – from African countries, Italy, Europe and across the globe, have participated in the programme, as it has via via demonstrated itself as a reliable global gateway from and to Africa. Institutions from many African countries- Nigeria, Cameroun, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Republic of Congo, Kenya Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Morocco, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Mozambique, Italy, France, UK, Republic of Ireland, Jordan, Palestine, Canada, China, and so forth have been participating actively in the event.

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