1975

Creation of the Union of African Cities (UVA) with headquarters in Dakar (Senegal)

1988

Transfer of the UVA headquarters from Dakar to Rabat (Morocco)

1996

Creation of the Coordination of World Associations of Cities and Local Authorities (WACLAC) during the Habitat II Summit in Istanbul (Turkey)

1998

First Africities Summit in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

2000

The Lomé Summit adopted the Constitutional Act of the Union.Creation of the Council of African Municipalities and Regions (CCRA) bringing together the three groups of local authorities according to the official language of their countries of origin (English-speaking, French-speaking, Portuguese-speaking)

2003

Establishment of the Council of African Municipalities and Regions (CCRA) at the Africities 3 Summit in Yaoundé (Cameroon), later renamed United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA)

2005

Founding Congress of UCLGA in Tshwane (South Africa)

2006

Launch of the LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)

2008

First extraordinary general assembly of UCLG Africa in Abuja (Nigeria)

Adoption of the GADDEPA, strategic plan 2008-2020 of UCLG Africa

2009

Creation of the AfricanLocal Government Academy (ALGA)

2010

Meeting of the Pan-African Council of UCLG Africa in Cairo (Egypt)

Participation of UCLG Africa in the 2nd World Congress of UCLG in Mexico City (Mexico)

2011

Launch of REFELA in Tangier (Morocco)

2012

Ordinary General Assembly of UCLG Africa in Dakar (Senegal), putting an end to the crisis that started in 2006 and consecrating the return to unity within the UCLG Africa family

Launch of the Peer Review program

2013

Launch of the Territorial Coaching program

Creation of the African Observatory on Local Finance

Creation of the Africa MAGNET (Network of city managers) and Africa FINET (Network of city Financial Directors)

2014

Adoption by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union of the African Charter of Values and Principles on Decentralization, Local Governance and Local Development

2015

Establishment of UCLG Africa Regional Offices

2016

Adoption of the new constitution of UCLG Africa in an extraordinary General Assembly: the acronym retained is UCLG Africa instead of UCLGA

Launching of the African Observatory on Human Resources of Subnational and Local Governments

2017

Establishment of the Knowledge Hub, the Resource Centre UCLG Africa

First African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes targeting Local Governments (FAMI)

Launch of the Climate Task Force

Creation of the Africa TECHNET (Network of city Technical Directors)

2018

African Forum of Regions

Adoption of the Charter of African Local Authorities on Migration

Official launch of the Campaign on "African cities without street children " by its Patron, Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco

8th edition of the Africities Summit in Marrakech (Morocco) which coincided with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Africities

2019

Proposal of the program on territorializing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to accelerate the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement

Establishment of the African Committee of Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) whose declaration lists UCLG Africa among the organizations responsible for supporting the implementation of the Climate Agenda on the African continent

2020

Adoption of GADDEPA 2.0, the strategic plan 2021-2030 of UCLG Africa

2022

First Africities 9th edition summit in an intermediary city, Kisumu City - Kenya.

‘The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the implementation of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063’.