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.
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has received with profound sorrow the news of the passing of Ambassador Konjit Sinegiorgis, a distinguished diplomat, a pioneering figure in Ethiopia’s foreign service, and a steadfast Pan-Africanist who dedicated her life to the service of her country and the continent.
H.E Ambassador Mohamed Fathi Edrees, Permanent Observer of the African Union (AU) to the United Nations (UN), delivered a compelling briefing on April 2nd, 2026, to visiting students from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, who came to participate in the Model UN program at the UN headquarters in New York, USA.
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, welcomes the Five-Point Initiative jointly advanced by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, aimed at restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and Middle East region.
During his visit to Morocco to participate at the 58th Fifty-eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf visited the Port of Tangier, where he was received by Mr. Mehdi Tazi-Riffi, the CEO of Tanger Med Port, the leading port in the Mediterranean and Africa & other senior management of the Port.
The African Energy Commission (AFREC), in partnership with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Zambia, has successfully conducted a five-day hybrid training workshop on electricity distribution grid loss determination and action planning aimed at enhancing energy efficiency in distribution grids across Africa. The training brought together over 50 experts from more than 20 African countries, including representatives from energy ministries, utilities, regulators, academia, and regional energy institutions.
During this morning's opening session of the ministerial segment of the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, joined H.E. Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy & Finance of Morocco, H.E. @NOIweala, DG of the @wto, H.E. @ABaerbockArchiv, President of the UN General Assembly, & H.E. @claverGatete, Executive Secretary of ECA, to emphasise the urgent need for #digital sovereignty.
Policymakers, researchers, and education data experts convened at the 2026 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference for a session on harmonizing education data systems across Africa: Experiences from KIX Africa 19 Countries and the African Union EMIS Norms and Standards, held in San Francisco, from 28 March-1 April 2026. Facilitated by the Head of the African Union’s Pan-African Institute of Education for Development (AU IPED), Mr.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, H.E. Nasser Bourita, held talks on Wednesday in Rabat with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
This meeting took place on the margins of Mr. Youssouf’s participation in the 58th session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Tangier.
