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 President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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.
Over the past decades, Africa has been experiencing unprecedented growth and has been remarkably resilient to the global economic crisis. The continent ranked the second fastest growing region of the world after East Asia.
MEDIA ADVISORY
COP25 SIDE EVENT: Amid increasing climate and disaster risks, how is Africa building its resilience?
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: An African Union (AU) led side event convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on the margins of the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
When: 10 December 2019
Time: 11:30 – 13:00
Where: IFEMA - Feria de Madrid, Spain, Room 5
Welcome Speech by the Director, African Union Medical and Health Services on the Occasion of World Aids Day 2019. THEME: “Preventing AIDS among Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: African Communities at the fore front”.
Addis Ababa, 6th December 2019.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, received the European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen,at the African Union Headquarters today, during her first visit since taking office.
Statement by Ambassador Liu Yuxi at the International Conference on Africa and China: Jointly Promoting Sustainable Development
Opening Remarks of H.E. Osama Abdel Khalek. Ambassador of Egypt to the African Union and Current Chair of the PRC on the Occasion of the Africa-China Dialogue on Sustainable Development
Statement by H.E. Albert Muchanga, AUC Commissioner for Trade and Industry and Acting Commissioner for Economic Affairs at the International Conference on Africa and China: Jointly Promoting Sustainable Development
H.E Ambassador Rachid Benlounes, Permanent Representative of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, Peace and Security Council, Chairperson for the month of November 2019
Distinguished Members of the Peace and Security
Council
AU Member States
The Diplomatic Corp and African Youth
“African Youth Want Peace”
