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.
16 - 27 January 2023: 45th Ordinary Session of the PRC (Ambassadors)
When: Wednesday, 11th January 2023 starting at 8:00 am.
Where: Small Conference Hall 3, AU New Complex, African Union HQ and the African
Village.
The 17th IGF, under the overarching theme Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 28 November to 2 December 2022.
MEDIA ADVISORY
LAUNCH OF 2023 GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW
Theme: “Climate change and global food insecurity - key drivers of humanitarian needs”
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
Outbreak Update: As of 21 November 2022, a total of 634,522,052 COVID-19 cases and 6,599,100 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally by 232 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Outbreak Update: As of 14 November 2022, a total of 631,935,687 COVID-19 cases and 6,588,850 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally by 232 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
No country or region in the world has achieved prosperity and a decent socio-economic life for its citizens without the development of a robust industrial sector. Over the years, African leaders have restated their determination to to seize emerging opportunities to foster industrial development as an effective, socially responsible and sustainable means towards economic transformation.
The AU Commission will commemorate the second Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Awareness Week. The theme of the week is ‘Towards Repositioning Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa.’ Its tagline is ‘Greater Awareness, Sustained Peacebuilding’.
The Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty, held its first Extraordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 3 to 4 November 2022. The meeting deliberated and decided on the next steps in the operationalisation phase of the AMA, following the pronouncement of the Agency’s headquarters host country in the Republic of Rwanda by the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council.
