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.
On February 22, 2018, Ibadan, Nigeria, the Pan African University for Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), organized the official graduation ceremony of its 3rd batch.
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“The Continental Free Trade Area will contribute to the completion of the architecture of the African Union System (AUS)’’, says the Chair of the CFTA Negotiating Forum
ABUJA STATEMENT – “DEEPENING AFRICA’S INTEGRATION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THROUGH TRADE AND INVESTMENT FACILITATION FOR DEVELOPMENT”
Abuja, Nigeria October 26, 2017 – The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission Amb. Kwesi Quartey has concluded successful bilateral meetings, separately, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, during which they had discussions on issues of importance to Nigeria and the African Union.
Abuja, Nigeria, 19 December, 2016: The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) commenced a three-day consultative meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on the development of an African Union Policy for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Africa.
November 1, 2016, Abuja, Nigeria − In an effort to promote interreligious dialogue as a means to build peace and enhance social cohesion in Africa, the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission and the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) will hold, within the framework of the African Union - KAICIID Memorandum of Understanding, the 2nd Interfaith Dialogue Forum from 10 to 11 November 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
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What: Regional Meeting with Representatives of the Judiciary from West Africa
Who: Organized by the Department of Political Affairs of the African
Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire
and International Alert
When: 29th– 31st August 2016
Where: Hotel Belle Côte, Conference Hall, Abidjan
The 9th Steering Committee Meeting of the African Internet Exchange System Project took place on 28 July 2016 at headquarters of ECOWAS in Abuja, Nigeria.
The steering Committee met to discuss the implementation progress & challenges and to provide a strategic advice on the way forward. The members has also visited Abuja Point of presence of Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria. Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria is one of the 8 IXPs supported with grants by AXIS Project so far to grow into Regional Internet Exchange Point.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – 17 February 2016. HE David G. BALA, outgoing Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Burkina Faso, pays a farewell visit to AU SAFGRAD Office. He used the opportunity of the visit to highlight the crucial role of Agriculture in Africa, hence African Union SAFGRAD programmes.
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Group Photo at the end the farewell ceremony
