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.
What: Depositing of the instruments of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by the Special Envoy of the Republic of Kenya and Republic of Ghana.
Who: The AUC Chairperson will receive the Special Envoy of the Republic of Kenya and the Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana.
Introduction by Commissioner for Trade and Industry
When: Thursday, 10 May 2018
Time: 08:30
What: High Level Meeting of the African Union Commission and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress to the African Union.
When: Friday, 11th May 2018
Time: 10:00
Venue: VIP Reception Room, 2nd Floor, New Conference Centre
Addis Ababa, 09 May 2018- A new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was declared on 08 May 2018 by the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo after two samples tested positive for EVD in Bikoro, Equateur Province.
What: High Level Meeting of the African Union Commission and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.
When: Thursday, 3rd May 2018
Time: 0950 Hours.
Venue: Julius Nyerere Plenary Hall (Peace and Security Building).
What: Press conference of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary General of La Fancophonie
When: 27 April 2018
Where: Briefing Room 1. NCC, AUC Headquarters Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Time: 12:15- 12:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 April 2018- Following its first launch at the High-Level Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in June 2017, the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) supported by the African Union Commission, UN Women, and the Federal Republic of Germany, is convening the Second Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation: a groundbreaking initiative, which seeks to enhance the leadership of women in the transformation of Africa with a focus on governance, peace, stability and development, and on creating space for Afric
