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.
On 10 February 2023, the African Union Commission’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE), and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), co-convened the Horn of Africa Ministerial Roundtable on food security in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Taking Advantage of the Acceleration of AfCFTA to Boost Girls and Women’s Education in Africa
13 February 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded a two-day working visit to Khartoum from 12-13 February 2023. He was accompanied by AU Commissioner of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Prof Mohamed Hacen El Lebatt, Chief of Staff, Ambassador Mohamed Belaiche, AU Special Representative for Sudan and Ms Ebba Kalondo, Spokesperson to the AUC Chairperson.
African Union Commission organized a parallel session on Strengthening labor market and migration information systems with real-time data and new methodologies during the 3rd International Forum for Migration Statistics held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC).
The African Union Commission and Africa Development Agency (AUDA- NEPAD) in collaboration with partners, are conducting the Training of Trainers (ToT) for the 4th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review (BR) reporting cycle.
H.E. Professor Mohamed Belhocine, Commissioner in charge of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), conducted a working mission to the Arab Republic of Egypt on 23-24 January 2023, at the invitation of the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, H.E. Prof. Mohamed Ayman Ahmed Ashour, with the key objective to sign the Host Agreement of the African Space Agency (AfSA), and see firsthand the status of development of the premises and facilities in preparation for the operationalization of the African Space Agency.
