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2nd Africa Skills Week 2025
Africa Skills Week is an annual continental platform established to advance Africa’s skills transformation agenda. Officially adopted by the African Union Ministers of Education and Training in 2024, it fosters dialogue, shares experiences, and coordinates action on skills development and employment across Africa.
Statement by H.E. Amma Twum-Amoah, AUC Commissioner for HHS at International Day of the Girl Child
Today, the African Union joins the global community in commemorating the “International Day of the Girl Child” under the powerful theme: “The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis.” This theme calls us to recognise not only the disproportionate burdens girls face in times of conflict, displacement and climate disaster, but also the extraordinary leadership they demonstrate in shaping solutions.

Keynote Address by H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson at the Official Opening Ceremony of the 11th Africa Think Tank Summit
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Representatives of Think Tanks and Research Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning.
It is a great honour to join you today at the 11th Africa Think Tank Summit, a gathering that has, over the years, become a symbol of Africa’s intellectual and policy courage. On behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and the entire Commission, I warmly welcome you to Addis Ababa, the political and diplomatic heart of our continent.

Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission At the Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the African Union Commission and the Pan-African Youth Union
Distinguished guests, representatives of the Pan-African Youth Union, ladies and gentlemen,
Today marks a historic step in our collective journey to place Africa’s young people at the very heart of our continent’s development. The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding is not just a procedural formality, it is a solemn commitment by the African Union Commission to stand side by side with the Pan African Youth Union in advancing the aspirations, rights, and leadership of Africa’s youth.

Speech by H.E. Mrs. Francisca Tatchouop BELOBE, AUC Commissioner for ETTIM at the Official Launch of the 2025 African Integration Report
Statement by H.E. Amb. Amma Twum-Amoah, AUC Commissioner HHS, at the 8th Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration
HON. ENOCH GODONGWA-NA, MINISTER FOR FINANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA,
HON. NEAL RIJKENBERG, CHAIR OF THE STC BUREAU & MINISTER FOR FINANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF ESWATINI,
HONOURABLE MINISTERS OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND INTEGRATION, AND HEALTH,
MY DEAR SISTER, EXCELLENCY FRANCISCA BELOBE, COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE, TOURISM, INDUSTRY AND MINERALS,
EXCELLENCIES, DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS, DELEGATES,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
