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The Africa Union has officially adopted following arguments particularly from East African leaders, that with 100 million speakers in Africa, it is one of the most widely spoken languages in the continental union's 55 member states. It joins other , including Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

The African Union has released its – a Union-wide development agenda – including reporting on Aspiration 5: “An Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, shared values and ethics”. The report states that there has been moderate progress of 45% towards this Aspiration, due largely to the weak integration of Indigenous African culture, values and language into primary and secondary school curricula. The report highlights positive examples of culture being integrated into school curricula but still stated that Africa needs to make greater efforts to attain these targets. It further states that implementation of the Charter for the African Cultural Renaissance may be of particular importance, with a focus on strengthening the use of indigenous African culture, values and language as a bedrock and a medium of instruction for primary and secondary schooling