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.
Theme
The theme of the 6th Forum shall be “Legal & Socio economic consequences of immigration, refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa”. The Forum will be from 1 and 12 December 2017.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
High Level Dialogue - Gender Equality and Education
When: 26 January, 2017
Within the framework of the 28th AU summit Mrs. Leslie Richer, Director of Information and Communication; AUC will on Tuesday, 24th January 2017 at 16:00 hold a briefing on the logistics (Media) in regards to the 28th AU Summit.
The briefing will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the New AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Journalists are invited to take part in the press briefing
Media contact
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 22nd January 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has called for the general adoption and upholding of the values of Pan Africanism, which include putting Africa first; the commitment to the African people, their dignity and aspirations; and our passion for democracy, peace, integration, development and building unity of purpose even in the face of difficult challenges, within ‘a single institution to which we all belong’.
The 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council kicks off in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25th January 2017: The African Union (AU) Executive Council has emphasised the need for Africa to boost investment in Africa’s youth by promoting transformative and inclusive development agendas aimed at recognising the efforts by the youth in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Excellency Mr. Cherif Mahamat Zene, Ambassador of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the PRC,
Excellency Deputy Chairperson,
Excellencies Commissioners,
Excellencies Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives,
Excellencies leaders of AU Organs
Liaison officers of RECs
Officials from Capitals and from the Organs, RECs, Commission, from Representative Offices, Specialised Agencies
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 December 2016 – A two-day awareness raising workshop on the African postal sector discussed and agreed on a framework that would re-enforce and speed up the transformation of the Continent’s postal services while ensuring the sector plays its rightful role in the realisation of Agenda 2063 and the First Ten Year Plan.
MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT/ 28th AU SUMMIT
Online Accreditation for Journalists is Now Available
The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union announces that the online accreditation process for the coverage of the 28th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for 22 to 31 January 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has been launched on the AU website: www.au.int
