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 Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) is organizing the second regional consultative and capacity building workshop on the implementation the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) from 16-18 December 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine Moussa Faki Mahamat prend acte des élections présidentielles organisées en Algérie le 12 décembre 2019 et de l’élection de Son Excellence Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE en qualité de Président de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire. Il lui adresse ses salutations fraternelles.
Le Président de la Commission rappelle que ces élections et leur contexte ont démontré que le peuple Algérien veut le changement et le progrès.
The African Union Commission Social Affairs department in partnership with the Office of the Youth Envoy are launching the call for Saleema Youth Victorious Ambassadors.
The Saleema Initiative aims at eliminating Female Genital Mutilation in Africa by 2030 as well as protecting girls and empowering women. In this respect we wish to amplify the voices of 6 young African women on the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from the 6 regions of the African Union who will work closely with the African Union Youth Envoy to advocate to end FGM.
Juja, Kenya: The fifth graduation ceremony of the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) was held on 29 November 2019.
Introducing PAVEU
The Pan African Virtual and E-University (PAVEU) is one of African Union’s flagship projects which has been proposed for addressing the Agenda 2063 need for accelerating development of human capital, science and technology and innovation through increasing access to tertiary and continuing education in Africa by capitalizing on the digital revolution and global knowledge.
The Board of the World Bank Group has approved a total of $250 million to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, and the Republic of Zambia to strengthen continental and regional response systems to combat epidemics and advance critical public health priorities.
Africa has made major headway in developing its digital ecosystem in the past decade.
