Remembering Peter Da Costa: a tribute by KY Amoako, former ECA Executive Secretary
Peter da Costa’s life was filled with joy and family, intellectual accomplishment, and immeasurable devotion to Africa. It was through this devotion that he and I first met and that I, subsequently, had the honor of working alongside him for a few years but knowing him for what feels like a lifetime. We were professional colleagues, but we also were friends. With Peter, it was almost impossible to be one without the other. Peter was an ardent pan-Africanist, and those roots ran deep. While at the ECA, Peter was deeply involved in new initiatives and ideas that promoted smarter policies, better governance, and, most importantly, African autonomy over its development agenda—initiatives such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the precursor to the current African Union Development Agency, and the African Peer Review Mechanism. For more than six years, Peter’s depth of policy knowledge and his keen understanding of political economies were invaluable to the ECA’s work—and, as a result, to Africa.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2019-09
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/43956 |
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| Summary: | Peter da Costa’s life was filled with joy and family, intellectual accomplishment, and immeasurable devotion to Africa. It was through this devotion that he and I first met and that I, subsequently, had the honor of working alongside him for a few years but knowing him for what feels like a lifetime. We were professional colleagues, but we also were friends. With Peter, it was almost impossible to be one without the other. Peter was an ardent pan-Africanist, and those roots ran deep. While at the ECA, Peter was deeply involved in new initiatives and ideas that promoted smarter policies, better governance, and, most importantly, African autonomy over its development agenda—initiatives such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the precursor to the current African Union Development Agency, and the African Peer Review Mechanism. For more than six years, Peter’s depth of policy knowledge and his keen understanding of political economies were invaluable to the ECA’s work—and, as a result, to Africa. |
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