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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The African Union Commission in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Botswana, will be hosting the 8th Pan African Forum on Migration Forum (PAFoM8) from the 31st October to 2nd November, 2023 at Royal Aria Conference Centre in Tlokweng.
The 8th PAN AFRICAN FORUM ON MIGRATION (PAFoM-8) under the theme: “Bolstering Free Movement and Trade Nexus in AFCFTA: Optimizing Benefits of Migration, Labour Migration for Development”
African Union Member States renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent at the high-level event of the 2022 African Year of Nutrition. The meeting was co-organized by the African Union Commission, the Government of Cote D’Ivoire, African Development Bank, and the support of partners and stakeholders.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Launch of the 2022 Theme of the Year on Nutrition in Botswana
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Press Conference on the Official Launch of the 2022 AU Theme of the Year by the Government of the Republic of Botswana
Speakers will include:
1. H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma the Commissioner for Health Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development at the African Union Commission
2. Honourable Dr. Edwin Gorataone Dikoloti, The Minister of Health, Republic of Botswana and MP for Mmathethe-Molapowabojang
On June 13-14, 2022, the IMF’s Africa Training Institute (ATI) and the Department of the Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM) of the African Union Commission (AUC) organized a high-level conference in Gaborone on the promotion of good governance and the fight against corruption within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple crises.
On 1st April 2022, The AU Permanent Representative to Southern Africa and COMESA, H.E Ambassador David Claude Pierre paid a Courtesy visit to the Southern Africa Development Community(SADC) in Gaborone Botswana.
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and the Citizens and Diaspora Organization Directorate (CIDO) held the Annual Civil Society Pre-Summit Consultation from 10 to 12 December 2019 at Gaborone, Botswana on the AU Theme of the Year 2020; “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”.
