Opening of the 36th Ordinary Session of The Assembly of the African Union
Official opening ceremony of the Thirty-Sixth (36th) Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).
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.
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Official opening ceremony of the Thirty-Sixth (36th) Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).
By eliminating barriers to trade in Africa, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will lift 30 million people from extreme poverty and another 68 million people from moderate poverty. To boost intra-African trade, the continent has embarked on the gradual elimination of tariffs on 90 percent of goods, and the reduction of barriers to trade in services aimed at increasing Africa’s income by $450 billion by 2035.
Excellence Monsieur Moussa Faki MAHAMAT, Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine,
Excellences Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres, chers Collègues du Conseil Exécutif et chers invités,
Excellence Dr Monique, Vice-Présidente de la Commission de l’Union africaine,
High-level Event on Health Financing and Sustaining Actions to End AIDS and Related Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases (Working Lunch) Theme: “End HIV/AIDS in Africa by 2030”
At the Gender Pre-Summit Presidential High Level Advocacy Event, Heads of State and Government and key institutions will advocate for, and coordinate innovative, actions to accelerate the implementation and impactful delivery of gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments.
The Gender Pre-Summit will focus on the commemoration of 20 Years since the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol)
The opening session of the High Level event that delves into a study on key actions to drive inclusive growth and sustainable development in Africa. The study will critically examine Africa’s development history – and that of other regions - and identify key actions to place African countries on a path of sustained GDP growth rates of 7 – 10% on average over the period 2022 – 2052.
The High Level event on Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook will provide up-to-date evidence based assessment of the continent’s recent macroeconomic performance and short- to- medium term outlook, amid dynamic global economic developments.
The opening session of the High-Level Panel on the role of the African Private Sector in Investment and Industrialization in the realization of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. The session will also delve into avenues to increase Intra-Africa Trade and the role of the Public- Private Partnership in the implementation of AfCFTA.
The opening session of the High-Level Dialogue on Shaping Africa’s new investment landscape for sustainable development and consultations on the 3rd Edition of the Africa’s Development Dynamics 2023 report will delve on how the African continent can mobilise more sustainable investments to fuel its economic transformation and achieve Agenda 2063.