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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Remarks by the Representative of the Commission at the
Opening Session of the 4th Africa – Korea Forum
Senior Officials Meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6 December 2016
Excellency, Ambassador Cherif Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee,
Accra, Ghana, 6 December 2016: We, the heads of the international election observation missions in the Republic of Ghana listed below, cognisant of the signing of the Accra Declaration on 1 December 2016, facilitated by the National Peace Council, wish to congratulate the presidential candidates in the upcoming elections for demonstrating their commitment to democratic, credible and peaceful elections.
Nairobi, Kenya, 29th November 2016: Under the process of implementing the Malabo Declaration agricultural transformation in Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA) have been tasked to lead the establishment of the Biennial Review (BR) Mechanism for regular country progress reporting to the AU Assembly.
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The Africa Trade Week 2016: Advancing Socio-Economic Structural Transformation through Intra-Africa Trade
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 05 December 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma congratulates Nigeria’s women’s soccer team, the Super Falcons, for winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals on Saturday, 3 December 2016, in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Debate will give candidates an opportunity to speak to African citizens, popularize the AU and give their vision for an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa
Addis Ababa, 1 December 2016: The African Union, through its African Union Leadership Academy (AULA) will convene the first ever leadership debate for candidates contesting for the position of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on 9 December 2016.
