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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An advocacy workshop on the ratification of the Statute of the African Audio Visual and Cinema Commission (AACC) was organized by the Africa Union Commission’s (AUC), Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, on 22 October, during the 27th edition of the Pan-African Film Television Festival, FESPACO in Ouagadougou.
Under the theme “Deepening Turkey-Africa Partnership: Trade, Investment, Technology & Logistics”, the Third Edition of Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum kicked off on 22 October 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Forum was convened under the auspices of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of the Republic of Turkey, through the Ministry of Trade. The Forum was preceded by Ministerial and business level meetings. It featured exhibitions by African and Turkish companies as well as business to business networking.
The AU Commission (AUC) and the African Management Development Institutes' Network (AMDIN) organized a capacity building seminar for officials from State Parties to the African Charter on the Values & Principles of Public Service and Administration of the Eastern Africa Region on the implementation of the States Parties’ Assessment Tool (SPAT).
The Fourth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control (STC-HPDC-4) under the theme: “Leveraging African culture and heritage to improve health security and socio-economic well-being of Africa’s populations” has been postponed to 2022.
As the African continent continues to battle with the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), questions about COVID-19 becoming ‘endemic’ are rising among health experts and the population across the region.
AU and EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs concluded the 2nd Ministerial Meeting with agreements on four key areas of cooperation.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, on 26 October 2021, took stock of progress regarding the priority areas adopted during the last AU – EU Summit held in 2017, in Abidjan.
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The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Julius Maada Wonie Bio, joined by his official delegation, has applauded the architectural layout and design of the African Union Pavilion at the Dubai Expo2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The African Union (AU) Commission, through its Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, awarded the African Union Peace Prize for the promotion of a culture of peace, social cohesion and non-violence to the documentary, “The Letter”, made by Kenyan producers Maia Lekow and Christopher King, at the just ended 27th Edition of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO), which took place from the 16th to the 23rd of October 2021 in Burkina Faso.
