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, 12 July 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahatma, has appointed H.E. Thomas Yayi Boni, the former President of the Republic of Benin to lead the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Republic of Mali.
Addis Ababa, 13 July 2018: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has appointed Professor Carlos Lopes as his High Representative to support Member States in the negotiation of a new agreement with the European Union post-2020, taking into account the expiration of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and the decisions of the AU-EU Summit held in Abidjan in November of 2017. This appointment was welcomed by the just-concluded African Union Summit in Nouakchott.
Let me start by thanking our brother, His Excellency, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and the Government and people of Mauritania, for hosting this Summit.
We have appreciated the good facilities and organisation. The development of Nouakchott is plain to see, and the warm hospitality from Mauritanians has made us feel at home. It is no wonder this country is known as the Land of a Thousand Poets.
We note that His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, is participating in a Summit for the first time. We congratulate you and welcome you.
MEDIA ADVISORY
African Union Commission, Department of Economic Affairs launches the 2018 Annual Economic Report on African Development Dynamics and the Revived Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA II)
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: Launch of two important African Union Reports.
1. The Annual Economic Report on African Development Dynamics and ( in collaboration with OCDE)
2. The Revived Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA II) – in collaboration with UNECA, AfDB and ACBF
JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Addis Ababa, 11 July 2018
In Africa, government action is key to overcoming challenges related to growth, jobs and inequalities, according to the new joint report by the African Union Commission
and the OECD Development Centre
