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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This is a joint Statement of the AUC, AUDA-NEPAD, UNIDO, UNECA on the occasion of the Africa Industrialization Day
Theme: “INDUSTRIALIZING AFRICA: RENEWED COMMITMENT TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION”.
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
The African Union Ordinary Session of the Executive Council has concluded with the adoption of decisions expected to give momentum to the continental shift towards accelerated economic diversification, value addition, and structural transformation as a critical source of industrial development and economic growth in African countries, which would equally lead to the successful implementation and beneficiation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
An Africa that increasingly trades with itself in a diverse range of products is a credible option to build a resilient Africa that can withstand external shocks.
The continent has suffered more than other regions from the COVID-19 pandemic and from the impact of the conflict in Ukraine, in large part due to its excessive dependency on imports. On both occasions though, we have managed to find innovative solutions to reducing the negative impacts of the crises.
AFRICAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL, LEGISLATIVE, SENATORIAL & MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS OF 20TH NOVEMBER 2022 IN THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Malabo, 22nd November 2022
I. INTRODUCTION
The private sector has been challenged to move beyond policy and advocacy towards increased levels of entrepreneurship.
24 years old Kingsley Job Obasi (Nigerian), is the winner of the African Union Youth Essay Contest on “Industrialization and Innovation in Africa”. His essay, titled "Manufacturing: The Key to Economic Prosperity and Sustainable Development in Africa," articulates how manufacturing can unlock the economic prosperity of the African continent to create a sustainable future for its people.
On behalf of the African Union Commission, Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomes the commemoration of the Second Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Awareness Week this month of November 2022.
Since the adoption of the AU PCRD Policy in 2006, significant achievements, both normative and operational, have been registered. The Commission continues to support institutional capacities of Member States to consolidate peace and prevent the relapse into conflict, through inclusive and nationally owned processes.
The Head of the African Union Observation Mission to Equatorial Guinea’s Elections, Mr. José Mario Vaz, former President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau started
November 10, Tunisia, The African Union Commission (AUC), AUDA-NEPAD through the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) and in partnership with the Tunisian government held the TVET conference under the theme “Driving transformation in TVET practice” from 9-11 November in Tunis, Tunisia.
The African Union Commission’s Women, Gender and Youth Directorate through the Division in charge of Youth Development and Engagement convened the 3rd Pan African Youth Forum at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1st – 3rd November.
