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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1. The 10th AUC-EC Commission-to-Commission (C2C) meeting was held at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa on 27 February. The meeting was co-chaired by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, with the participation of 22 EU Commissioners and nine AU elected officials.
The Pan-African Women’s Organisation (PAWO) has concluded its 10th Congress, calling for enhanced efforts towards the economic empowerment of African women. Convened on the theme “accelerate African Women’s Action Towards Achieving Sustainable Economic Development within the Context of the UN Agenda 2030 and AU Agenda 2063”, the three-day meeting focused on the strategies for women and girls to be more actively and meaningfully involved in the implementation of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the global Agenda 2030.
The African Union Commission (AUC) held a regional consultation workshop for West African Member States and their Specialised Institutions for the project selection process of the second phase of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), also known as PIDA PAP 2 (2021-2030).
Addis Abéba, le 28 février 2020: Le Président de la Commission, S.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat reste préoccupé par les récents développements pré-électoraux en République de Guinée caractérisés par la poursuite d’une forte controverse sur le fichier électoral et l’impossibilité du déploiement de la mission de bons offices composés de quatre chefs d’État de la CEDEAO.
Merci beaucoup M. le Président, cher Moussa, de nous recevoir ici au sein de l’Union africaine.
Commissioners,
Dear colleagues and friends,
Thank you very much for the warm welcome to the African Union and hosting this session here. It is wonderful to be back.
Madame President of the European Commission,
Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission,
Distinguished EU and AU Commissioners,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Libreville, Gabon, 25th February 2020 – The African Union Commission (AUC) launched the first of five regional consultation workshops for the project selection process of the second phase of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), also known as PIDA PAP 2. This three-day workshop, running from 25th – 27th February 2020, aims to provide Member States and RECs with the training and tools to prioritize gender inclusive, environment friendly, and spatially connected infrastructure projects that will create jobs and economic opportunities for the African people.
