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.
The Bureau of the African Union Heads of State has appointed a Board of Trustees (the “Board”) to advise the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the management of the Fund, and the Director of Africa CDC will be the secretary.
The mandate of the Board is to advise the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in his capacity as the Accounting Officer of the Union.
The Board is composed of ten members as follows:
1. Mitigate the social, economic and humanitarian impact of COVID-19 in all African countries. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse the socio-economic advancements made by Africa in the last 30 years as the pandemic proves to be more severe on the socio-economic well-being of populations in Africa. Therefore, money raised through the Fund will be used to implement measures to mitigate the socio-economic and humanitarian impact of COVID-19 in Africa.
The objectives of the Fund are to:
Africa CDC estimates that implementation of the strategy requires US$647 million over the next six months.
This TVC was produced in collaboration with Ecobank with support from BBC, CNN and Euronews to
air it on their channels to support messaging on Africa’s response to Covid-19 #AfricaResponds
The African Union COVID-19 Response Fund was established by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat on 26 March 2020, with the aim of strengthening the continental response to COVID-19 and mitigate its socio economic and humanitarian impact on African populations.
The webinar session is being convened by the African Risk Capacity, to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with risk management and financing in the context of health outbreaks and food insecurity in Africa.
