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 Commissioner for Social Affairs, H.E. Mrs Amira Elfadil Mohammed, today rolled out the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Africa CDC and Mastercard Foundation partnership
Addis Abéba, le 06 juin 2020. Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, prend acte de la publication le 04 juin 2020 des résultats définitifs de l’élection présidentielle du 20 mai 2020 au Burundi et forme ses vœux de plein succès au Président élu Son Excellence Monsieur Evariste Ndayishimiye dans l’exercice de ses nouvelles responsabilités.
Under the theme of the Year: “Silencing the Guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”
Week 3: 8 June 2020
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
(Moderator: Amb. Salah Siddig Hammad, Head of AGA, AU-DPA)
Description : A pioneering project by the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE), the Virtual AU Youth Consultations on COVID-19 for Youth Collective Response in collaboration with Africa CDC, is a series of 8 Webinars Live engagements and dialogue between youth and African leaders.
Objectives
Topic : Virtual AUYCS on COVID-19, Digital Divide & Transformation
Description : Virtual AU Youth Consultation Series on COVID-19 on the theme, Digital Divide & Transformation with H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid
Time : Jun 3, 2020 02:00 PM in Nairobi
Like every year on 16 June, the African Union and its Member States observe the Day of the African Child (DAC) as a commemoration of the 16th June 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa, where students who marched in protest against apartheid-inspired education, were brutally murdered.
Addis Ababa, 1 June 2020 – The African Union takes note of the official announcement by the General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) to approve the one-year postponement of the Expo 2020 Dubai due to COVID-19 and maintain the name “Expo 2020 Dubai”, which the decision on a change of dates was made after reaching the required two-thirds majority vote of BIE member states, as stipulated by article 28 of the 1928 Paris Convention.
