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 Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, has decided the deployment of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 23 October 2019 General Elections in the Republic of Botswana.
Gaborone Botswana: 20-22 August 2019: “It is education and by extension, ICT innovations in education, their adoption and scale up that will be a game changer in positioning youth for jobs which the world is already increasingly demanding” said the African Union, Commissioner for Human Recourses, Science and Technology (HRST), H.E Prof Sarah Anyang Agbor at the second edition of the Innovating Education in Africa Expo under the theme “Harnessing the Capacity of ICT to ensure Inclusion, Quality and Impact in Education and Training in Africa”.
Experts in digital transformation, gender and education, attending the Second Innovation Education Expo, urged the continent to adopt inclusive digital policies for out-of-school girls in Africa.
The PATTEC Coordination Office in collaboration with Southern African Development Community (SADC) organized a consultative meeting with representatives of five SADC member states in Gaborone, Botswana on 7 – 9 August 2019. The regional consultative meeting brought together fifteen participants including Tsetse and Trypanosomosis experts from Member States, staff of AU-PATTEC and SADC, and PATTEC Coordinators from the region including Kingdom of eSwatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Theme: Harness the Capacity of ICT to Ensure Inclusion, Quality and Impact in Education and Training in Africa.
Introduction
Registered Professional Engineer Alan M. Clegg, Chairman of the 2017 Africa Mining Summit , Independent Consultant and Chairman of Shumba Energy;
Honourable Advocate Sadique Kebonang, MP and Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security of the Republic of Botswana;
Honourable Ministers here present;
Mr. Andrew Dowell, Chief Executive Officer of GRV Global;
Your Excellences Ambassadors and Heads of Mission accredited to the Republic of Botswana;
Business Leaders;
Investors;
Exhibitors and Suppliers;
H.E. Advocate Sadique Kebonang,
Minister of Minerals Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security of the Republic of Botswana;
H.E Mr Mosebenzi Zwane, Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa;
H.E Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
President of the Organization of Geological Survey (OAGS);
Africa Vice Presidents of OAGS;
Members of the Executive Committee of OAGS; Distinguished Delegates;
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gaborone, Botswana – 13 October 2017. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission in partnership with GRV Global, an Event Management Company organized the third Edition of the Africa Mining Summit under the theme: “Reviving Africa Mining Products”. The Summit comprised of a two-day conference which included, Keynote presentations and panel discussions on all aspects related to the Continent’s ongoing mining and mineral resource development efforts.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 23 June 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, wishes to extend sincere condolences to the Masire family, the Government and the people of the Republic of Botswana on the passing of Dr. Quett Ketumile Joni Masire on 22 June 2017. The late President Masire was born on 23 July 1925 and was the second President of Botswana from 1980 to 1998.
