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.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
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The 4th Pan-African Forum on Migration (PAFOM)
What: The Fourth Pan African Forum on Migration (PAFoM IV). The three-day Conference will be held under the theme: ‘Harnessing the benefits of Free Movement of persons regime for sustainable development in Africa’.
When: 19-21 November 2018 starting at 8:00 am on the 19th November 2018.
Where: Palais de Peuple; Djibouti City, Djibouti.
African Union Headquarters; 12th November 2018: At 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit held in Nouakchott, Mauritania in July 2018, a budget of US$681,485,337 was approved for the financial year 2019. The budget covers three components operational, programme and peace support operations. The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb. Kwesi Quartey, shares the five key takeaways of the adoption of the 2019 budget in what he describes as a watershed moment for Africa.
African Union Headquarters; 8th November 2018: The African Union Commission has inaugurated its first ever investment committee. The Committee will be crucial in developing sustainable and comprehensive investment objectives for the Commission to optimize its finances or capital, into fixed deposits or assets, which will generate profitable returns to the organization.
Dakar, Senegal, 8th November 2108 – The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission (AUC) is organizing the Second Working Group workshop on the African Union - African Minerals and Energy Resources Classification and Management System-Pan African Resource Code (AU-AMREC-PARC) in Dakar, Senegal.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 November 2018: The African Union Commission took journalists from across the continent on a tour of the largest hydropower project in Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) today.
The GERD, which is one of the projects under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Priority Action Plan, is at an advanced stage with an installed capacity of 6,000 MW. Construction of the Dam started in April 2011 and is currently employing 12,000 workers.
Montreal, Canada, 11 November 2018: Upon the invitation of the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid led an African Union Commission (AUC) delegation to Montreal, Canada to address the 215th ICAO Council Session and mobilize support to fast track the operationalization of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM).
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 October 2018: The fourth edition of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week will run from 26 to 28 November, 2018 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
The African Union Commission will launch African Scientific Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC) during it’s first Congress in Abuja, Nigeria, from 27 – 29 November 2018, at Abuja Sheraton Hotel.
ASRIC is a continental platform to mobilize African research excellence and innovation. It will serve as forum for dialogue and a voice of the scientific community in building and sustaining continental research-policy nexus with the aim of addressing Africa’s socio-economic development challenges.
