Excellence
PAC serves as an umbrella organisation whose individual and corporate members represent a group unmatched in accomplishment and diversity across Africa and regions of the Diaspora.
Pan-African Council
About the Council
The Pan-African Council (PAC) is the premier global leadership and strategic development organisation dedicated to elevating Africa and its Diaspora on the world stage.
Established during the landmark African Union Global Diaspora Summit in South Africa in 2012, the Council has since expanded its footprint to work across over 40 countries. Guided by its multi-faceted approach, the Council bridges political divides through diplomatic engagement; unlocks shared prosperity by fostering economic opportunities; and empowers communities with targeted social initiatives.
How We Work
We leverage our collective agency to provide access to resources, opportunities, networks, capital and expertise.
Commitment
Members of the Council commit their collective influence, resources, and experiences to elevate Africa’s significance on the world stage and empower people of African descent.
Mission
To galvanise and empower Pan-African leaders and visionaries across the spectrum of civil, political, economic, scientific, cultural and social disciplines for the betterment of society and our planet.
PAC provides an enactment path that informs the public discourse on global challenges and mobilises resources to confront these challenges through proactive and forward-thinking initiatives. To effectively carry out its mission, the Council necessarily operates at local, national, regional and transnational scales in order to provide a unified platform for networking, idea exchange, advocacy, consultation, conferencing, and project execution.
Vision
To become a key transformative and developmental pillar at the intersection of generating ideas, insights, and solutions in the face of current and future global challenges.
We fundamentally believe that a new global development paradigm derived from building our common destiny in the spirit of ubuntu (the African philosophy of oneness, interdependence, and interconnectedness to one another and the universe) as well as the collective African experience will be the single greatest contribution to humanity and planetary survival in the twenty-first century. By uniting the vast and complex diversity of Africans, both on the continent and throughout the Diaspora, we aim to advance sustainable socioeconomic innovations that further peace, ecosystem equilibrium, abundance, and prosperity for all.
Our Standards
Our Core Values
- Integrity
- Modesty
- Solidarity
- Justice
- Leadership
- Perseverance
- Professionalism
- Benevolence
Member Commitment
Pro-Africa Pledge
Council members share a profound appreciation of their African heritage and work to restore the dignity of African peoples worldwide by pledging to support to a pro-Africa stance in their ventures and endeavours.
Furthermore, Council members equally recognise the Constitutive Act of the African Union which declares the Diaspora to be all people of African origin or descent “willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union.”
