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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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New members of the Pan-African Parliament will be sworn on the 16th September 2024 at the opening session of parliament sittings. Permanent Committees and Other Organs of the Pan-African Parliament will also resume sittings.
What: 1st Africa Skills Week
Theme: “Skills and Jobs for the 21st Century: Quality Skills Development for Sustainable Employability in Africa”
A Skills INDABA within the Framework of the AU Year of Education 2024.
Highlights for the Media:
The Opening Ceremony will feature Keynote addresses from distinguished speakers, including:
The Africa Urban Forum has kicked off seeking to find innovative solutions to making African cities habitable for the growing population. With an average annual urban growth rate of 3.5% in the last 20 years, Africa has seen the largest urbanization, a trend anticipated to continue until the year 2050. The percentage of Africans living in urban areas was around 36% in 2010 and is expected to rise to 50% and 60% by the years 2030 and 2050, respectively.
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Malnutrition and data gaps remain critical challenges in Africa. To address these issues and strengthen nutrition accountability, the African Union Commission (AUC) partnered with the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to host a Capacity Building Workshop on the Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard (CNAS) in Kampala, Uganda, from July 4-5, 2024. The workshop aimed to enhance countries' ability to use nutrition data to inform decision-making and
Addis Ababa, August 2024 – During the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), the African Union Commission (AUC) joined the global community in commemorating this important occasion as part of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Drug Control (STC-HNPDC-5). The "Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All" theme underscores the critical need for comprehensive support for breastfeeding mothers across Africa.
Dakar, 19 August 2024 – In a pivotal move towards ending malnutrition in Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Bank Group’s African Leaders for Nutrition in partnership with the Republic of Senegal, announced the development of the Multisectoral Nutrition Policy Framework (MSNPF) and Funding Target (FT) for Nutrition Investment in Africa during a high-level workshop in Dakar, Senegal. These two documents aim to strengthen domestic financial investments and ensure a coordinated multisectoral approach to malnutrition across the continent.
The African Union, in collaboration with UNICEF, will be hosting a conference that aims to spread awareness about the importance of inclusive education for children with disabilities and other marginalised groups in foundational learning across the continent under the theme: “Inclusive Education: Ensuring No Child is Left Behind,”. The conference will explore innovative approaches and practical solutions to develop and implement inclusive education practices, ensuring no child is left behind.
Your Excellency the Guest of Honour;
Honourable Chairman of the Board of Governors of the
Assembly of the Association of African Central Banks;
Honourable Governors;
Distinguished Delegates;
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I greet everyone of you.
I record profound appreciation, through Governor Mr. Harvesh Kumar Seegolam to the people and Government of the Republic of Mauritius for graciously hosting the 2024 Assembly of the
