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.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
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21 to 22 November 2018, AUC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Following the meeting of the PAU Strategic Planning Committee held on 5 September 2018 aiming at discussing on and providing inputs to further develop the Pan African University, a validation workshop was organized in order to adopt the PAU guiding policy for the next years.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2018: The 2018 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week kicked off today win Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe with a united call to the media to project Africa's image positively during a media breakfast session that brought together journalists, infrastructure policymakers, development partners and private sector to discuss Africa’s infrastructure deficit and how that can be reduced to ensure inclusive development on the continent.
27-29 November 2018 - Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Nigeria : Realising that Africa, needs a stronger, more dynamic and sustainable research enterprise that is important to its economy and the society; and the eminent role that African scientists, academics, researchers, engineers, innovators, funding agencies, the private sector, civil society, and entrepreneurs would play in the implementation of Africa’s transformative Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union Commission launched the “African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC)”, during its first congr
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 November 2018: The African Union in collaboration with United Nations-Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) held a side event during the high level conference on Blue Economy themed “Africa’s Blue Economy: A continental Perspective”. The stakeholders discussed how to exploit the potential of Africa’s blue economy on a sustainable basis while highlighting the challenges and opportunities and how to increase youth and women participation in driving the Blue Economy agenda for Africa’s.
Addis Ababa-19th November 2018: Following the month-long celebrations of the annual Africa Youth Day event and the announcement of the AU Youth Envoy, the African Union Commission (AUC) is ready to commence the training of the next batch of youth volunteers under the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) in Congo Brazzaville.
Seoul, Republic of Korea - 04 December 2018 – A Letter of Cooperation (LoC) was signed on 04 December 2018 between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the National Geographic Information institute (NGII) for the implementation of the African Minerals Geoscience Initiative (AMGI) project. The LoC was signed by H.E. Albert M. Muchanga, the Commissioner for Trade and Industry representing the AU Commission and Dr. Kiyun Yu, Director General of NGII. The signing ceremony took place at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner of Political Affairs in a group photograph with Ministers for the Decentralization and Local Governance during the opening session of the STC 8 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs when she welcomed H.E. Barnabe Z. Dassigi, Minister of Decentralization and Local Governance of the Republic of Benin, and Chairperson of the STC 8 in her office on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
Abidjan, le 7 Décembre 2018 - Le Département des Affaires Politiques (DAP) de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA), en collaboration avec l’Association des Autorités Electorales Africaines (AAEA) et la Commission Electorale Indépendante de Côte d’Ivoire (CEI), organisent du 7 au 8 décembre 2018, à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, le 5ème Forum Annuel Continental des Organes de Gestion des Elections (OGE) sous le thème: « Vers des Processus Électoraux sans Corruption: Renforcer l’intégrité Électorale en Afrique ».
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (Middle), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, H.E. Goeffery Onyeama (Left) and H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (Right), flanked by other dignitaries and participants attending the summit of African Youth Against Corruption hosted by Nigerian Government in Abuja on Monday, December 10, 2018.
