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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September 12, 2017, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire –Africa’s leaders have been urged to invest more in agriculture if the continent is to be prosperous. The call came during the official opening of the 7th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) on September 6, 2017.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 22 December 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma lauds the peaceful environment which surrounded the conduct of Legislative Elections on 18 December 2016 in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire. Dr. Dlamini Zuma is delighted with the smooth organization and proper conduct of the vote which marked an important milestone toward democratic consolidation in this country.
Addis Ababa, 13 December 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has approved the deployment of 40 short-term observers to the Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire scheduled for 18 December 2016. The AU Short-Term Observation Mission is led by H.E. Madam Catherine Samba-Panza, former Transition President of Central African Republic, and comprises observers drawn from the Pan African
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DU DR. RENE KOUASSI N’GUETTIA
DIRECTEUR DES AFFAIRES ÉCONOMIQUES
COMMISSION UNION AFRICAINE
10ème réunion du Comité des Directeurs Généraux des Instituts Nationaux de Statistique (CoDGs) et de la cinquième Commission Statistique pour l’Afrique (STATCOM)
Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
Second Joint Session of the Committee of Directors General of National Statistics Offices and the Statistical Commission for Africa (Statcom-Africa)
“Strengthening economic statistics to support Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
Opening Remarks
Oliver Chinganya
Director, African Centre for Statistics
MEDIA ADVISORY:
The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) WEEK 2016
What: PIDA WEEK 2016 under the theme: Creating Jobs through Regional Infrastructure Development.
When: 21 - 25 November 2016
Where: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Addis Ababa – 12 January 2016: The new Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, H.E. Koffi Evariste Yapi, presented on Monday, 11 January 2016, his letter of credence to H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).
Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire 13 November 2015- As the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa holds its first ever PIDA week, the second meeting of the Infrastructure Advisory Group was held at the African Development Bank (AfDB) Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 13th November.
2nd CONGRESS OF AFRICAN ECONOMISTS 2011 THEME: “How to realise strong and sustainable Economic Growth in Africa so as to absorb unemployment and sustain the dynamics of Regional and Continental Integration”
3rd Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration
Theme: Promoting the use of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in support of Good Governance in Africa
Introduction
The Third Ministerial Conference will be held in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire from 9-13 February 2015 under the theme “Promoting the use of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in support of Good Governance in Africa”. All African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration, Ministers of Health, Heads of Civil Registration Offices (CROs) and National Statistics Offices (NSOs), representatives of regional and international organizations, concerned UN agencies, and representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations are expected to participate.
The First Ministerial meeting that was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in August 2010 recognized the importance of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and identified it as one of the continent’s key development imperatives. Following the ministers’ resolutions, African Heads of State and Government in their 2012 African Union summit institutionalized the ministerial conference as statutory body of the African Union Commission (AUC) and directed the conference to report on progress and challenges to the summit every two years .
At the Second Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration held in Durban, South Africa in September 2012, ministers re-iterated the continuing importance of CRVS in advancing Africa’s development agenda, including accelerating regional integration, attaining the priorities of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD); an African Union strategic framework for pan-African socio-economic development, and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They noted in their Declaration at the end of the meeting:
(a) The central role that CRVS plays in governance and economic development;
(b) The role of CRVS in improving access to basic services at all levels, including meeting the MDGs; and
(c) The pervasive way in which CRVS impacts on individuals in their daily, social, political and economic lives.
Among the key outcomes of the Durban meeting was (a) the endorsement of the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS) that provided the policy and programmatic framework for implementation of CRVS on the continent; and (b) the decision that all countries will undertake comprehensive assessments of CRVS systems and prepare costed national plans irrespective of the state of development of their systems.
This Third Ministerial Conference will aim at contextualizing CRVS in the realm of governance and discuss ways in which a complete and efficient CRVS system can help countries to achieve ‘good governance’. The conference is expected to mobilize member States in envisioning this important linkage and guide them in developing and implementing specific strategies and operational plans that will facilitate the realization of good governance as well as help mainstream a good governance approach in CRVS.
This conference is for the first time is being organized under the auspices of AUC following the resolution of the Heads of State and Government in January 2012. This conference and all future conferences will therefore be conducted under the rules and procedures of business followed by AUC in such ministerial level meetings. The conference is being organized in collaboration with the Regional CRVS Core Group comprising of African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Health Organization (WHO), INDEPTH Network, Plan International, the Secretariat of the African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) represented by Statistics South Africa, and UNECA (which serves as the secretariat of the APAI-CRVS). For more click here
