Africa-Press – Seychelles. The recently convened African Political Parties Summit in Ghana marked a historic milestone in reshaping the continent, with a vision to secure the holistic prosperity of its people and to propel multi-dimensional transformation across Africa, Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party (PP) Public and International Relations Head Bikila Hurisa said.
The African Political Parties Summit was held in Accra, Ghana, from August 12th to 14th, 2025, under the theme: “From Politics to Prosperity: Strengthening Inter-Party Collaboration for Africa’s Development and Economic Transformation.”
A high-level delegation led by Prosperity Party Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Adem Farah participated in the summit.
In an exclusive interview with ENA, PP Public and International Relations Head and member of the delegation, Bikila Hurisa, stated that the very theme of the summit indicated that breaking the trap of Africa’s political parties tied up into narrow interest groups is imperative.
“The very concept of this theme is that political parties in Africa be transformed from political or narrow interest to holistic prosperity of their citizens and multi-dimensional change of their citizens. That is a very important issue when it comes to the very idea, the process, and ultimate goal of political parties in Africa,” he elaborated.
According to him, Africa’s political landscape remains hindered by narrow interests of certain groups and the absence of a transformative vision.
“The political parties in Africa should not be tied up into narrow interests of certain groups or political elites, but focus strategically on the transformation of their citizens in politics, economy and social spheres.”
Given this context, Bikila emphasized that the recent African Political Parties Summit underscored the paramount importance of political parties in advancing nation-state building and driving the economic and social transformation of Africa’s citizens.
Winning votes, he noted, should never be their ultimate goal.
Highlighting Prosperity Party’s active participation and engagement, the head said the ruling party shared its best practices and bold reform initiatives aimed at fundamentally transforming Ethiopia’s political landscape.
At the summit, PP Vice President Adam Farah, has delivered a keynote speech, it was learned.
“He had shared Prosperity Party’s experience, elaborated on PP’s stances on Medemer philosophy, and how this thought is strategically focusing on politics through prosperity in terms of breaking the zero-sum game problem that African political parties are facing at the general level,” Bikila said.
The Vice President also shared the experience of Prosperity Party in generally transforming the narratives with which Ethiopia is being governed under the Medemer philosophy, narrative of collaboration, participation, integrating the different interests of the society and political actors, and bringing different actors to the center of the Ethiopian politics, it was pointed out.
The PP Public and International Relations Head further noted that Ethiopia’s experience —particularly the Prosperity Party’s best practices were highlighted as valuable model for other African political parties to consider when shaping their political strategies and structures.
Among the best practices are opening up the political space, promoting inclusivity, sharing power with opposition parties, advancing gender equality, and elevating young leaders to positions at both regional and federal levels.
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