Building One Africa Through Grassroots Power

Participants explored how to build One Africa without relying on governments, stressing that ordinary Africans must treat unity as a personal project and organize across borders through grassroots movements, youth and women empowerment, community education, entrepreneurship and technology. Speakers from several countries highlighted the need to change our mindset from dependence on the state to self-reliance, fight corruption, invest in skills and digital literacy, and revive Pan-African values like Ubuntu so Africans see the continent as one home, not divided territories. They emphasized that governments play a role, but the real power lies in people, communities, and Pan-African platforms like I Love Black People.

Nana Akua then opened the Pan-African Health segment, re-introducing her holistic approach to wellness—physical, emotional, mental and spiritual—rooted in African herbalism, self-care, stress management, and empowering people to become their “own personal healer” so our communities can move from just surviving to truly thriving.