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.
Excellency Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission,
Excellencies,
Distinguished friends from the media,
Ladies and Gentlemen
Organized by the Norwegian-African Business Association, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy participated in the high level opening of the ‘Nordic-African Business Webcast 2020’, together with H.E. Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Mr. Raymond Carlsen, CEO of Scatec Solarand and Mr.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for this renewed opportunity to address you since the Spring Meetings.
African countries through a coordinated Continental strategy have shown singular resilience.
But this resilience is matched by that of the pandemic, taking its toll on our health, livelihoods and economies.
As we continue to respond to the pandemic and its socio-economic impacts, Africa is also working to ensure access to vaccines for at least 60% of our populations, as soon as they become available on the market.
8 October 2020, Addis Ababa : The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, wishes to congratulate Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria on her selection, together with Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea, to the third and final round of consultations to select the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Chairperson also wishes to commend the strong calibre of the three African candidates that participated in the selection process, leveraging world class African expertise on the world stage.
WHAT: Press briefing on the launch of the Africa Pathogen Genomic Initiative
SPEAKERS
Your Excellency Josep Borrel Fontelles, EU High Representative for External Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commision
Excellency Stephan Auer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
Excellency Janez Lenarčič, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management
Excellency Birgitte Markussen, Head of the EU Delegation to the AU
Distinguished guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through the African Union, today received the third and last batch of 1.4 million COVID-19 test kits donated by the Government of Germany. The kits were delivered through a European Union (EU) Humanitarian Air Bridge flight as part of the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, worth over €26 million, with contributions from the EU, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Sweden.
