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.
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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A Stakeholders’ Seminar focused on translating commitments into actions to advance democratic governance, peace and security in Africa has concluded.
Statement by
H.E Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the
World Refugee Day
20 JUNE 2024
The 3rd Cohort of the Lead(H)er Fellowship has commenced their induction process into a series of empowerment programmes focused broadly on politics and governance, business-trade-entrepreneurship, and Peace and Security. The 2024 cohort brings together 39 young women from 12 African countries selected from a highly competitive pool of 1000 applications.
The African Union’s Office of the Legal Counsel in collaboration with the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) and Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA).
Theme:“Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa”
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African ICT and Communications Ministers unanimously endorsed landmark Continental Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and African Digital Compact to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation by unlocking the potential of the new digital technologies.
The African Union Commission department of Partnerships & Resource Mobilization convened the 20th Senior Officials Meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Africa-Arab Partnership on the 13th June 2024 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Department of Education, Science, technology, and Innovation held the Commemoration of the Day of the African Child in Relation to the Right of Education and Education as the AU Theme of the Year 2024; and the Launch of AU-UNICEF Joint Report on Education Financing as a Lever for achieving the right to education for all in Africa.
Press Statement by
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS)
on
World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2024
Theme: "Let’s Act on Our Commitments: End Child Labour!"
