Afrocrat

English Alternative forms en afrocrat Etymology en Africa Eurocrat. Noun en slang An employee or minister of the African Union Commission AU Commission or a similar Pan-African organization. en 1972 Europe and the Maghreb 15 Losing its former political leaders, it re-embodied itself in the team of "Afrocrats” associated with the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA ) . en 2011 Moeletsi Mbeki Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa's Challenges However, as the case of Europe suggests, Africa's own 'Afrocrats' can play an important role by providing the knowledge base for political decisions . en 2024 Adeoye O. Akinola, Jesper Bjarnesen Worlds Apart?: Perspectives on Africa–EU Migration 1989 On the other hand, Eurocrats in Brussels have often complained about a lack of timely response to their proposals by their Afrocrat counterparts in the poorly capacitated AU Commission in Addis Ababa. en 2024 Francis Mangeni, Andrew Mold Borderless Africa 50 He rhetorically asked whether a cadre of 'Afrocrats' (i.e. technocrats who are competent and driven by a Pan-African vision) existed and, if so, what motivated them?