What is AUDI?

AUDI is a program initiative of the African Union Mission in the United States of America and the Organization of African Professionals and Associates in the Diaspora (OAPAD) Inc USA. The goal of the initiative is to set up in Washington D.C. a platform with the necessary structures to:

  • Mobilize Africans in the Diaspora
  • Assist the A.U. Mission through technical advice and other means to undertake its Mandate
  • Confront other Challenges and Concerns of Africans in the USA and across the globe

The AUDI Program is driven by a team of expert advisers ( the AUDI Council--AUDIC) assembled by the OAPAD from various Africans in the USA with experience and exposure in Africa and across the globe .

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Audi Framework

Following the Resolution of the African Union to recognize the Africans in the Diaspora as its sixth Region, the A.U. proceeded to establish in Washington D.C. its Mission with a broad mandate that includes the mobilization of Africans in the Diaspora As a vibrant constituency that contributes to the development efforts of the continent and Participates in the mission of the A.U continentally and globally. On its part, the Organization of African Professionals and Associates in the Diaspora (O.A.P.A.D.) was incorporated in 2002, about the same time as the AU resolution, with the objectives of developing a theoretical and practical macro-framework for Africans in the Diaspora to contribute to Africa's development and poverty reduction Efforts. These separate but related perspectives eventually converged under the AUDI Initiative in 2008 after several meetings between Mr. Nwaneri (founder of OAPAD) and The new Ambassador of the African Mission in Washington, H. E. Amina S. Ali.

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NEW FACE FOR AFRICA INITIATIVE

AUDIC launches a NEW FACE FOR AFRICA INITIATIVE in response to President Obama's challenge to Africa. Reflecting the jubilation amongst Africans in the U.S. Diaspora, we wish to express our profound appreciation to President Barack Obama for extending his spirit of AUDACITY OF HOPE to Africa by challenging them on their own grounds to rally round and confront the problems of Bad Governance across the continent.

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