According to an activist who spoke with RT, a new generation of leaders is providing optimism for more exposure on the global scale.

The fifth mid-year African Union (AU) coordination summit took place on Sunday in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The 55 member countries’ delegates discussed coordinating national and regional policies to enhance socioeconomic growth throughout the continent.

As the AU tries to integrate the continent into the global economy, Kenyan President William Ruto used the summit to advocate for a new financial mechanism for the organisation that would benefit the 1.39 billion people who make up the union.

Bola Tinubu, the president of Nigeria, also emphasised the togetherness and resiliency of Africa while advocating for the necessity of putting the past of exploitation behind us and making sure it is never repeated.

Mcebo Freedom Dlamini, an activist and scholar of Pan-Africanism, claimed in an interview with RT that the behaviour of current African leaders shows their knowledge of the issues facing the region, particularly the so-called global north’s failure to pay attention to the needs of the continent.

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When African issues are being discussed but the continent’s leaders are not present at the “dinner table when the world is sitting,” Dlamini predicted that “this crop of leaders will begin to demand a seat at the dinner table.” She added that this is “very dangerous.”