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.
The African Union Commission through the Peace Fund Secretariat has signed an Agreement with the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP)
The 46th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) kicked off on 19 June 2023,
Fridays of the Commission Policy Dialogue.
“Budget Openness for Africa: Key lever for achieving the African Union Agenda 2063”
The ministerial meeting reviewed the action plan framework of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); and the Africa Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
The Republic of South Sudan has deposited instruments of ratification to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, known as the Maputo Protocol, becoming the 44th Member State of the African Union (AU) to ratify the Treaty.
Outbreak Update: As of 3 May 2023, a total of 765,222,932 COVID-19 cases and 6,921,614 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally by 232 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Honourable Madam Philda Nani Kereng, Minister of Environment and Tourism
Honourable Ministers
H.E. Birgitte Markussen, Ambassador and Head of EU Delegation to the African Union
H.E. Hans Lundquist, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to
Ethiopia and to the African Union
H.E. Mrs Kira Sindbjerg, Ambassador of Denmark
