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.
Every year during the annual African Women in Media (AWiM) conference, female journalists are given the opportunity to pitch story ideas to the African Union, where they showcase their motivation and creativity shape the African narrative.
The Women and Youth Financial & Economic Inclusion Initiative, a catalyst for inclusive development.
The African Union Commission, Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals has concluded the inaugural meeting of the Interim Steering Committee of the African Union's Initiative on African Women in Processing (AWIP) held from 27th to 31st March 2023 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
This annual commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda aims to awaken greater awareness of the African peoples and the international community about the value of life and humanity and to renew our collective commitment to protect and uphold fundamental human rights.
ACBF has also established a network of over 35 think thanks that support evidence-based policy making across Africa and produce critical policy research/analysis which inform economic management and help establish benchmarks for success.
1 April 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, warmly commends the first anniversary of the reconfigured African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), that replaced the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on 1 April 2022, in support of the Federal Republic of Somalia's mission to tackle terrorism in its pursuit for durable peace, security and stability.
Inaugural bureau meeting of the AU-STC8 on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development & Decentralization
African Union Nutrition Champion, His Majesty King Letsie III calls on leaders to put in place practical and sustainable financing mechanisms to deliver improved nutrition outcomes.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE: AN AFRICAN PRIVATE SECTOR STUDY.
“Invitation to the African Private sector to participate in the ESG study.”
27th March 2023- 31st May 2023.
The African Union is inviting the African Private Sector to participate in an Africa-wide Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) study.
Africa is home to more than 250 million adolescents, the largest cohort of young people the world has ever seen. Yet, the continent sees an estimated 60 million cases of anaemia in adolescent girls each year, which costs AU member states a staggering $1.38B.
