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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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.
In a time when digital narratives heavily influence our worldview, the role of African storytellers stands paramount.
The African Union Commission, in close collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), African Union Member States, Regional Economic Communities and other partners, on 10 October 2023 inaugurated the Africa Diplomatic Indaba (ADi) series on migration and mobility as well as Labour Migration.
To elevate women from the micro to macro status, the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) outlines the pathways to achieve the holistic empowerment of women. The GEWE strategy complements other policy frameworks by the African Union aimed at promoting the rights of women and girls and advocates for adequately resourced gender structures within formal and non-formal institutions and bodies to ensure that women at the grassroot and executive levels, have opportunities tha
The Guidelines for Inclusive Agricultural Value Chains Development in Africa which was produced by AU-SAFGRAD in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was officially launched on Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A capacity-building workshop on “Domesticating the AU Strategic Framework for Holistic Aflatoxin Control” was held in Lusaka, Zambia, following its endorsement as a blueprint for further aflatoxin mitigation efforts in the AU members state by the 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in February 2020,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The state of democratic governance and peace in Africa has an impact on the growth performance and development at the national, regional and continent levels.
7 October 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses his utmost concern at the outbreak of the current Israeli-Palestinian hostilities, causing grave consequences for the lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians in particular, and for peace in the region, in general.
The Chairperson wishes to recall that denial of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, particularly that of an independent and sovereign State, is the main cause of the permanent Israeli-Palestinian tension.
The Information and Communication Directorate (ICD) of the African Union Commission (AUC) hereby announces that the online registration for journalists interested to cover the upcoming Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit scheduled to take place from 7th – 9th May 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya has been launched on the AU website.
Journalists are advised to register through the following link:
