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 (AU) in 2009, responded to the crisis of high maternal deaths by placing maternal death firmly on its agenda and launched the Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
The Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Cameroon, Lejeune. MBELLA MBELLA on 5 February 2020, signed two AU Treaties. The signing ceremony took place at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, at the margin of the 33rd AU Summit.
They are:
1. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons; and
2. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disability in Africa
Launch of AU Treaties Website
33rd #AUSummit
#SilencingTheGuns
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
WHAT: Africa Union Member States Reporting on Agenda 2063
Theme: Evidence-Based Reporting for Collective Reflection and Coordinated Action on the of implementation Agenda 2063
WHEN: Thursday, February 6, 2020
TIME 15:00 – 18:00
WHERE: Small Conference Room 2 – AU conference hall
WHO: H.E. Quartey Thomas Kwesi. African Union Deputy Chairperson
Economic Integration and Institutional Transformation for reaching the development goals of Agenda 2063
33rd #AUSummit #SilencingTheGuns
Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Silencing the Guns in Africa.
Launch of the Commemorative Book recognizing African women who have exceptionally advanced the women, peace and security agenda in Africa.
29th Summit of the Apr Forum of Heads of State and Government
