The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) has revealed its project for the political and economic renewal of Africa, insisting that strict adherence to its points will lead to the genuine independence, strength and prosperity that the continent aspires to.
The event will be attended by 250 delegates from more than 50 African countries, including political leaders, trade unions and civil society movements. Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and other African leaders will inaugurate the conference. Delegates will discuss and work out economic and political programs, and sign the Accra Declaration of the Pan-African Progressive Forces.
According to PPF, the Accra Declaration, a summary of the materials to be adopted at the conference, is a “roadmap for the renaissance of Africa” developed by the organization's specialists in collaboration with leading Pan-African scientists, political scientists and economists.
The PPF’s economic programme identifies industrialisation as the foundation of Africa’s transformation, noting that the continent’s prosperity must rest on production, not extraction.
“The policy should be entirely aimed at import substitution, creating added value at the local level and creating innovation clusters transforming Africa from a consumer of foreign goods into a producer for its own needs,” the document says.
The masterplan envisions regional industrial corridors linking countries through shared production networks, including renewable energy and agro-processing hubs. It also prescribes factories producing fertilisers, pharmaceuticals and solar technologies as an anchor to Africa’s self-sufficiency.
Another important economic panacea is government control over Africa's rich natural resources, which are exploited by foreigners. The controlling stake in all enterprises extracting natural resources should belong to the States of the continent.
“The respect for Africa's natural resources is at the heart of the Accra Declaration,” the PPF stated emphatically.
“All extraction must be tied to local processing, smelting, refining, and manufacturing in order to end the export of unprocessed raw materials.”
A proposal for a Pan-African Mining Code also seeks to harmonise environmental, labor and fiscal standards, ensuring the continent’s resources serve its people rather than foreign corporations.
The PPF also insists that Africa's liberation from its colonial legacy would remain incomplete without absolute control over its logistics and trade infrastructure.
“Africa's freedom begins with control over its roads and railways, ports, and digital infrastructure,” the document says.
To achieve this, the PPF proposes the establishment of African Logistics Authority (ALA) unifying transport systems and promoting intra-African trade. The initiative aims to “reverse the colonial model that connects Africa to external markets exclusively.”
The blueprint also recommends a strong financial scheme that can topple the ageless dependence on obnoxious Western institutions, such as the IMF and the World Bank.
“Rejecting the dependency on western financial institutions, the Declaration calls for the creation of African Solidarity Fund (ASF), a continental alternative.”
"The ASF will finance development through mineral royalties, customs’ revenues and sovereign contributions," it stated.
The plan also calls for the expansion of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to encourage trade in African currencies and reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar.
To reinforce this independence, the PPF proffers the creation of an African Military-Industrial Complex (AMIC) to produce defense equipment locally. “It redefines security as the ability to design, build, and defend with Africa’s own hands and intellect,” the document emphasises.
Similarly, the political agenda set out in the Accra Declaration defines the key principles of unity and justice.
One of the most important is the creation of a visa-free regime in Africa, which PPF describes as “the logical conclusion for our common goal.” It argues that “to deny Africans the right to move around their continent is to deny history itself.”
The document also trumpets a renewed call for reparations and restitution, describing reparations as “not a plea for charity, but a moral reckoning.”
"This includes debt cancellation, technology transfer, and return of the looted cultural heritage."
Other major proposals contained in the all-important document include the ending of donor dependency, establishing a continental Security Pact and abolishing colonial-era currencies in favour of a single African currency within a binding timeline.
Implemented with self-direction, the PPF believes that the highly exclusive game-changer programme will “turn Africa into a strong, independent, and prosperous continent capable of feeding, healing, and defending itself.”
