• Mayor
of Antananarivo, Madagascar • Mayor
of Johannesburg, South Africa • Mayor
of Maputo, Mozambique • Mayor
of Tunis, Tunisia Article appeared on Saturday
after the close of UN World Urban Forum 3. Mayor Patricia
Applagyei (left) of Kumasi, Ghana, one of the mayors our
editors had the privilege of touring during and following
the forum in Vancouver, Canada.. From Vancouver Sun
Article AFRICA
MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERSHIP AFRICA
CITY MAYORS SOCIETY- PROJECTIONS TO 2030 US
AND AFRICAN MAYORS MEETLocal
Government co-chairs South Africa - Smagaliso
Mkhatshwa (co-chair) Local Governments -
Africa/ Gouvernements Locaux - Afrique Benin - Raoul Akodjigbe
Houessou Mayor of Lokossa Burkina Faso - Simon
Campaore Mayor of Ouagadougou5 Madagascar - Olga
Ramalason. Mairesse d'Antsirabe Maroc - Mohamed Sajid,
Maire de Casablanca Namibia - Rosina Hoabes
Mayor of Windhoek President of Association
of Local Authorities of Namibia Senegal - Robert Sagna,
Mayor of Ziguinchor Senegal - Ahmed Khalifa
Niasse, Mayor of Kaolack Tanzania - Adam Kimbisa,
Mayor of Dar es Salaam Tunisia - Mounira
Boukmiha, Adjointe au Maire, City of Tunis Uganda - James Sseggane,
Mayor, City of Kampala United Cities and Local
Governments Africa - Jean Pierre Mbassi Secretary
General
AFRICAN
MAYORS NOMINATED FOR WORLD MAYOR AWARDS
Kumasi Mayor makes Cover page during UN World Urban
Forum
"Patricia Appiagyei, the Mayor of Kumasi, the second-largest
city in Ghana with 1.5 million people, is also struggling
with garbage, but her problem is how to develop a system of
charging a small fee to each household so the city can
introduce individual pickup - a daunting task when half your
city consists of slums that have no streets or house
numbers. Abdelkader Sidibe, the mayor of Bomako in Benin, is
trying to develop a school system with only 50 kids per
gh
classroom instead of the current 150-200. The forum brought
together an unprecedented number of mayors - about 100 of
them - and several sessions focused on city
governments.".
Right:
Mayor Patricia Applagyei (right) of Kumasi, Ghana's
second largest city with Africa Travel Magazine's Muguette
Goufrani and Hon..David Quay Annang, Municipal Chief
Executive of Tema.of Tema, Ghana.
Under the current local government reforms in Africa, Mayors
and Councillors are key actors in establishing strong and
sustainable local governments. They have a dual role of
democratising local government and fostering local
development. They represent the citizens and are supposed to
provide both political and economic leadership; have an
appreciable level of civic knowledge with the ability to
manage public affairs; and create an environment for
maintenance of peace and security in their jurisdiction.
However, until the late 1980s, it was never conceived that
representation of ordinary people requires a mayor or a
councillor to have extraordinary skills. This was possibly
due to the fact that their engagement was on a part time
basis and for a fixed term of one or two years. Many elected
officials come to local authorities without prior management
skills or knowledge of local government systems, or
knowledge of national priorities and goals. MORE-
MAYOR'S
OUVERHAUL OF ADDIS ABABA:
Executive Mayor Arkebe Oqubay
