afrocrat

plural afrocrats

1. Alternative letter-case form of Afrocrat.

   At this early stage, the benefits of Africa's integration have become very espoused by some proactive afrocrats and leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Tafawa Balewa, among others.

   2023, Vincent Okwudiba Anyika, Kelechi Johnmary Ani, “Changing Dynamics of African Diplomacy"Concluding Thoughts from Pre-colonial Era to Contemporary Times”, in Kelechi Johnmary Ani, editor, Political Economy of Colonial Relations and Crisis of Contemporary African Diplomacy, page 279

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   […] "afrocrats" will have to be put in place; and this, in cooperation with the Security Council of the UNO, to ensure the success of the concerted efforts towards peace, democracy and development in Africa.

   1991, Angadipuram Appadorai, Sundar Lal Poplai, Foreign Affairs Reports- Volume 40, page 23

plural Afrocrats · alternative afrocrat

1. slangAn employee or minister of the AU Commission or a similar Pan-African organization.

   However, as the case of Europe suggests, Africa's own 'Afrocrats' can play an important role by providing the knowledge base for political decisions .

   2011, Moeletsi Mbeki, Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa's Challenges

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   Losing its former political leaders, it re-embodied itself in the team of "Afrocrats” associated with the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA ) .

   1972, Europe and the Maghreb, page 15

   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.

   2024, Adeoye O. Akinola, Jesper Bjarnesen, Worlds Apart?: Perspectives on Africa–EU Migration, page 1989

   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?

   2024, Francis Mangeni, Andrew Mold, Borderless Africa, page 50