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 proposed review of the AU Plan of Action on Cultural and Creative Industries aimed at ensuring that current trends on the African creative economy and internationally were included in the African Union Plan of Action
“Remember-Unite-Renew”
31 March 2021, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado region and particularly the recent violence in and around the environs of Palma Town.
The Chairperson further expresses his utmost concern at the presence of international terrorist groups operating in southern Africa, and calls for urgent and coordinated regional and international action to address this new threat to our common security.
53rd Weekly Press Briefing on the Coronavirus disease outbreak
The Forum was aimed at presenting, discussing and launching the AU Theme of the Year for 2021. ‘The Forum also presented an opportunity for Member States to reflect on their contributions on the implementation of the roadmap on the AU theme of the year for 2021
The African Union Commission convened the 2nd Virtual Forum of Minsters responsible for Arts, Culture and Heritage to present, discuss and launch the Concept Note and Roadmap of the Theme of the Year for 2021
What: Meeting with Partners in the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors on the Launch of the Concept Note and Roadmap of the theme of the Year
Speakers in the Virtual Event will include:
H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohammed, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development.
When: The Virtual Event will take place on Friday, 26 March 2021, 15:00 (EAT)
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The African Union Commission joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Tuberculosis Day, and celebrate the achievements gained in the fight against tuberculosis (TB)
The objective of this event will be to anchor education at the heart of the Africa-EU Strategy and the trilateral AU-EU-UNICEF partnership ...
Through personal life experience, professional perspectives and observational commentary, the panelists of this Intergenerational Virtual Couch Talk will dialogue on progress made and what needs to be done to achieve an equal future, as the world navigates the COVID-19 ...
