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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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 4 April 2016: The Vice President of the Republic of Namibia, H.E. Dr. Nickey Iyambo, has paid a courtesy call on the African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Monday, 4 April 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 4 April 2016: The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E. Augustine Mataa Ponyo, met on Monday, 4 April 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
They met on the margins of the 9th Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the Economic Commission of Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2016– African countries must find each other and work together in areas of mutual benefit instead of competing against each other, if development is to leapfrog on the continent.
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2016 - “Our future rests in our hands,” declared Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference of the African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Integration, holding today 4 April 2016 at the Conference Center of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .
THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDA GENOCIDE
UNDER THE THEME: KWIBUKA22: FIGHTING GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY
Addis Ababa, 07 April 2016: The African Union Commission (AUC) in close collaboration with the Embassy of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has commemorated today the 22nd Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide. The commemoration took place under the theme: “Fighting the Genocide Ideology”.
Addis Ababa, 3 April 2016– On the fringe of the African Development Week, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) jointly organized, on 3 April 2016 in Addis Ababa, a high-level panel discussion on the theme “unleashing the potential of pharmaceuticals in the socio-economic transformation of Africa” under the chairmanship of Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry. The event took place at the Conference Center of the UNECA.
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2016–The Expert's segment of the Conference of Ministers concluded late Sunday with a range of recommendations around priority issues to be tabled on Monday and Tuesday at the Ministerial session. The event took place in the presence of high level officials from the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2016– The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Sunday convened a conversation with some of Africa’s best thought leaders in the arts and media sectors to discuss their perspectives on the continent’s transformation agenda.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3rd April 2016: H.E Dr. Anthony Mothae Maruping Commissioner for Economic Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) , together with Professor Emmanuel Nnadozie, Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and Mr.
