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 African Union (AU) Commission and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the African Union have jointly organized a commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi (Kwibuka28).
MEDIA ADVISORY
Postponement of Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
This serves to inform all members of the media that the Africa CDC weekly press briefing to share updates on COVID-19 response in Africa will NOT hold for this week, as the director, Dr John Nkengasong is unavailable.
The briefing will resume on next Thursday, 14 April 2022 at the same time (12:00 -1:00pm EAT), please plan to join us.
Apologies for any inconvenience this change may cause.
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What: Experts Group Meeting on Development of Methodologies on Migration and Mobility Statistics in Africa
Who: African Union Commission, through the African Observatory for Migration and the African Union Institute for Statistics, in collaboration of IOM GMDAC and the IOM Rabat Office.
When: 11-12 April 2022
Statement by Albert Mudenda Muchanga African Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minierals Delivered at the Signing Ceremony of the Host Agreement of the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification
FIRST SUB-COMMITTEE ON TAX AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS (IFFs) ISSUES OF THE AU SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MONETARY AFFAIRS, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND INTEGRATION
Theme: Tax incentives: implication of the global tax reforms for Africa
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The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of the African Union Commission in collaboration with the Development Centre of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) organized a webinar on Youth Employment Opportunities in Agri-food Systems in North Africa on Tuesday, 29 March 2022. The objective of the webinar was to shed light on the opportunities and challenges faced by youth in the agri-food sector in the North African region in light of the COVID-19 crisis and to explore policy options to pr
On 1st April 2022, The AU Permanent Representative to Southern Africa and COMESA, H.E Ambassador David Claude Pierre paid a Courtesy visit to the Southern Africa Development Community(SADC) in Gaborone Botswana.
the 40th Session of the African Union Executive Council formally adopted the ‘Strategic, Business and Operational Framework for an African Diaspora Finance Corporation (ADFC)’ as the framework for the African Union legacy project on diaspora investment.
The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) will in December 2022 hold the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) elections to constitute its fourth Permanent General Assembly (PGA).
