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’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) convened the Second Ordinary Session of its 4th Permanent General Assembly (PGA). As per its statutes, the Second Ordinary session of the General Assembly is also characterized with the mid-term elections of the Standing Committee.
The School Meals Coalition held its Second Ministerial Meeting of the Task Force on October 29, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together key stakeholders to review progress and chart the future course of school meal programs worldwide.
The African Union Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) is holding its 2nd Ordinary Session of the 4th Permanent General Assembly from 11-13th December 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.
A Media Capacity building session opens in Nairobi, Kenya organised by the African Union International Center for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (African Union CIEFFA). Scheduled to run from September 26 – 28, 2024, the meeting has brought together over 20 press men and women from continental, national, and local media houses. It aims at capacitating them on reporting on girls’ education and popularising the #AfricaEducatedHer Campaign.
The African Union (AU) is pleased to invite media representatives to attend the validation meeting for the Draft Plan of Action for the Implementation of the AU Policies on the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in Africa,
The African Union (AU) is pleased to invite media representatives to attend the validation meeting for the Draft Evaluation and Revision Report of the AU Horn of Africa Initiative (AU-HoA-I),
According to UNESCO, the film and audiovisual industries in Africa account for US$5 billion of the GDP, employing an estimated 5 million people, and have the potential to create over 20 million jobs and generate $20 billion in revenues annually. To harness this potential, the African Union has launched the temporary Secretariat of the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC).
The African Union Commission and Government of the Republic of Kenya signed a host- agreement ahead of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit to be held in Nairobi Kenya from 7 to 9 May 2024.
The Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE), in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), convened a meeting with Regional Economic Communities, partners and selected member states implementing the Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS)
The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Kenya, organised the 14th Meeting of the African Task Force on Food and Nutrition Development (ATFFND) and the Regional Economic Communities’ (RECs) Consultation in Mombasa, Kenya from 2 to 5 April 2024
