Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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At the Africa@Nor-Shipping 2019 conference held under the theme “Unleashing the potential of Africa’s Blue Economy”, the African Union Commission reiterated the need to create an enabling framework for the development of Africa’s blue economy while ensuring environmental and economic sustainability and improving maritime safety and security in Africa’s waters.
Africa has made commendable progress in securing deposits of instruments of ratification on the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The agreement officially entered into force on the 30th of March 2019 with twenty four (24) instruments of ratification deposited with the African Union Commission. The African Union is setting the pace for the launch of the operational phase of the operational phase of the continental market in July this year. To build on this momentum and deepen the continental economic integration, the African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) held a two-day meeting in preparation for the upcoming Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA in Niamey, Niger.
What: Second Dialogue with Traditional and Religious Leaders on Girls’ and
Young Women’s access and retention in educational systems
When: 19-20 June 2019, Kampala, Uganda
Where: Kampala, Republic of Uganda
Who: The event is organized by the African Union International Centre for Girls’
and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA)
What: The General Assembly of the African Union (AU) Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) to elect new Bureau members.
Who: Organized by the ECOSOCC Secretariat / Citizens and Diaspora Organizations Directorate (CIDO) of the AU Commission.
When: 11-12 June 2019
Where: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn; Lusaka, Zambia.
Time : 9:00 A.M.
Objectives of the Meeting:
“Africa is the Continent of innumerable opportunities” Commissioner Abou-Zeid tells the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform “Enhancing Trade and Market Access for Accelerated Agriculture Transformation”
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 May 2019: The New Urban Agenda shows that by 2050, the world’s urban population is expected to nearly double. It further shows that populations, economic activities, social and cultural interactions, as well as environmental and humanitarian impacts, are increasingly concentrated in cities, posing sustainability challenges in terms of housing, infrastructure, basic services, food security, health, education, decent jobs, safety and natural resources, among others.
10 June 2019, Addis Abeba: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, wishes to reaffirm the position of the Commission, following the interim statement of African Union Election Observers made on 23 May 2019, led by HE John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana. https://au.int/sites/default/files/pressreleases/36690-pr-aueom-prelimin...
The AU Member States and RECs meeting to validate the Draft Implementation Plan of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Africa
What: The AU Member States and RECs meeting to validate the Draft Implementation Plan of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Africa
When: 18-19 June 2019.
Where: Best Western Plus Hotel, Lusaka, Republic of Zambia
Who: The event is organized by the African Union Commission Department of Social Affairs
Objectives:
