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: “Resilient Food Systems toward Healthy Diets for the Vulnerable during Emergencies: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic”
When: 29-30 October 2020
Weekly interaction with members of the media to share critical updates on steps taken to implement the joint continental strategy for COVID-19 response; and to also highlight the coordinated efforts of African Union Member States to combat the pandemic in their respective countries.
WHAT: African Union (AU) Covid19 Response Fund to launch $300m fundraising to help tackle the effects of COVID-19 in Africa
WHEN: 24th October, 2020
TIME: 16h00 East African time (13.00 GMT).
WHO: The African Union in collaboration with Afrexim Bank
Register link: https://bit.ly/2IyYvc7
Your Excellences,
Distinguished Partners,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Allow me to start by thanking all of you for making time to participate in this virtual meeting of the Humanitarian Matters and Disaster Risk Management. I would like to extend special thanks to OCHA, our co-chair of this Cluster, for the support and partnership in organizing this meeting.
African Union online portal, supported by the European Union and the International Trade Centre, will boost the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
(Addis Ababa/Geneva) – 14 October 2020 - An online tool designed to help businessmen and businesswomen in Africa understand how best to trade between African countries came a step closer to becoming fully operational in August 2020 as a demonstration version came onstream.
The Republic of Congo becomes the eighteenth AU member state that have signed the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicine Agency (AMA) on 15 October 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AMA treaty was adopted by Heads of States and Government during their 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly on 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Member States are able to sign the treaty at the Headquarters of the Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
WHAT: Virtual Launch of the Africa Migration Report
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2020
TIME: 13:00 hrs EAT (GMT+3)
WHO: The Virtual Conference is organized by the Department of Social Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC). The launch will be co-chaired by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Multisectoral partnership will deliver tools and expertise to identify and stop COVID-19 and other disease threats, and strengthen leadership for health security in Africa
Weekly interaction with members of the media to share critical updates on steps taken to implement the joint continental strategy for COVID-19 response; and to also highlight the coordinated efforts of African Union Member States to combat the pandemic in their respective countries.
Organized by the Norwegian-African Business Association, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy participated in the high level opening of the ‘Nordic-African Business Webcast 2020’, together with H.E. Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Mr. Raymond Carlsen, CEO of Scatec Solarand and Mr.
