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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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.
The African Union Commission’s Women, Gender and Youth Directorate has concluded an advocacy and ratification mission in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco,
With the adoption and entry into force of the Agreement Establishing African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Africa is presented with ample opportunities to industrialize.
No country or region in the world has achieved prosperity and a decent socio-economic life for its citizens without the development of a robust industrial sector. Over the years, African leaders have restated their determination to to seize emerging opportunities to foster industrial development as an effective, socially responsible and sustainable means towards economic transformation.
Launch of the African Union Election Observation Mission to the 20th November 2022 Presidential, Legislative and Municipal Elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
The African Union, the African Development Bank Group and Africa50—in partnership with several global partners—have launched the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA), an initiative to help scale and accelerate financing for green infrastructure projects in Africa.
11th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Governance and Human Rights and its pre forums on Youth and Gender
Cotonou, Benin
14-25 November 2022
As the COP27 Climate Summit continues in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the Africa pavilion is busy hosting crucial events on topics that matter to Africa as well as on pressing issues that are impacting the Continent.
In the framework of the ongoing Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the African Union Commission together with the Republic of Mozambique organised a high-level event on the Operationalization of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS).
The well-attended event held at Cleopatra Hotel was opened by Their Excellencies, Vice Presidents Esperanca Maria Francisco da Costa of Angola, Eve Bazaiba of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Yemi Osinbajo of Nigeria, and hosted by AU Commissioners,
The African Union Commission (AUC) is convening a high-level ministerial meeting to update AU member states, development partners, and financial institutions on progress in the implementation of the Green Recovery Action Plan (GRAP) 2021-2027 and lay the groundwork for a pledging conference expected to hold in the first quarter of 2023.
