Donor funding priorities in Africa: A perspective from Malawi

By Justice Hub

If you ever get round to reading through the outcomes of high-level meetings where ministers get to decide things, they can sound very abstract. Take the fifth African Union – European Union (AU-EU) summit which took place in November in Abidjan.

There was a joint declaration outlining common priorities for the EU-Africa partnership.

But these gatherings are also people to people. And sometimes offer the opportunity for someone like Pilirani Khoza from Malawi to tell a big European donor what she thinks is really needed.

Here’s a little video of the encounter between Pilirani and the new Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Halbe Zijlstra.

The AU-EU meeting itself decided on four strategic areas:

• economic opportunities for youth
• peace and security
• mobility and migration
• cooperation on governance

If you the chance to give your view to an important donor, what would it be? 

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