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.
A delegation from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), led by its Vice President, Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, called on H.E. Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).
Chief Charumbira briefed H.E the DCP on matters arising from the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament that took place at the seat of the PAP in Midrand, South Africa.
The 2018/19 Fellows of Chatham House African Public Health Leadership Programme undertook a study tour of the African Union Commission (AUC), to familiarize themselves with the work of the African Center for Diseases Control (CDC), and interact with the leadership of the AUC. The delegation was led by Mr. Adebusuyi Adeyemi, Assistant Fellowship Director, Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security.
High level meeting of African Ambassadors of main countries of origin of African migrants works in the Middle East and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
The African Energy Commission (AFREC) has been conducting series of workshops since March 2019, on energy statistics, efficiency and data collection to create a comprehensive energy system for Africa.
Improve higher education and build stakeholder coalitions on education, respectively.
The Commissioner for Trade and Industry, H.E. Albert Muchanga, in collaboration with the State Minister of Trade and Industry, H.E. Ambassador Mesganu Arga Moach, State Minister of Trade and Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and a Representative of the International Trade Centre, Mr. Vittorio Cammarota briefed the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) on the upcoming Africa Industrialization Week to be held from 18th to 22nd November, 2019 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The Ministerial segment of the Third Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment opened today at the AUC Headquarters with a view to addressing the challenges facing the continent like food insecurity and the effects of climate change.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 21 October 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat held discussions with a high level AU UN delegation led by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Ms Amina Mohammed in Addis Abeba today.
The UN Deputy Secretary-General briefed the Chairperson of the the Joint AU UN Solidarity Mission that she was leading to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan and its priorities regarding the participation of women in issues of peace and security.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23 October 2019- The African Union (AU) hosted the inaugural award ceremony for the first Continental Teacher Prize. The AU Teacher Prize has been established as a means for demonstrating respect for teachers and the teaching profession, by encouraging and celebrating the committed teachers in Africa. The Prize raises the status of teaching, facilitates sharing of best practices in teacher excellence, and inspires the best possible candidates to join the teaching profession.
