2001

Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP) and Omega Plan

The Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP) and Omega Plan for Africa are combined to give birth to the New African Initiative (NAI) which then led to the establishment of NEPAD in 2001. In 2001, these are reworked and expanded to provide a framework for all African states. The founding Member States of NEPAD include South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, and Senegal.

37th Session of the OAU Assembly

NEPAD is adopted by African Heads of State and Government at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Assembly in Lusaka, Zambia, in July 2001.

2002

The African Union

The African Union (AU), the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), endorses the adoption of NEPAD as a programme of the AU at the AU Inaugural Summit in 2002.

The NEPAD Secretariat is established to coordinate the implementation of NEPAD programmes and projects.

2010

The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) is established in February 2010 as an outcome of the integration of NEPAD into AU structures and processes.

2018

The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD 

At the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in July 2018, a decision is taken to transform the NEPAD Agency into the first development agency of the African Union – AUDA-NEPAD, with a strengthened mandate to fast-track the realisation of Agenda 2063.