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 African Union (AU) Mission to the United States of America (USA) in Washington DC will host an all-day virtual event to celebrate the Black History Month celebration for the year 2022.
24 February 2022, Addis Ababa: The current Chair of the African Union and President of Senegal, president Macky Sall, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, express their extreme concern at the very serious and dangerous situation created in Ukraine.
They call on the Russian Federation and any other regional or international actor to imperatively respect international law, the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Ukraine.
Réunion préparatoire virtuelle de la septième reconstitution des ressources du Fonds mondial-=-=-=-=-=-
13h00 à 16h00 CET (15H00-18H00 à Addis Abeba)
23 février 2022
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Talking Points
The briefing on Thursday will focus on the regular update of the COVID-19 situation and other key aspects of the pandemic such as vaccine deliveries, scaling up testing across the continent among other things.
Brief Address by H.E. Prof. Mohammed BelhocineCommissioner for Education, Science,Technology and Innovation at the African Union -European Union HighLevel Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on Science, Technology and Innovation; Special focus on Joint AU-EU Innovation Agenda
Opening Speech His Excellency, Professor Mohammed BelhocineEducation, Science, Technology and Innovation at 6th High Level Dialogue “Developing Africa's human, social and economic capital by increasing resilience of African girls through quality nutrition and education”
The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) has launched an online survey for the general public on the harmonised mechanism for granting CSO observer/consultative status and the ECOSOCC National Chapter Framework.
The African Union (AU) Pavilion in collaboration with the Argentine and Mexican Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai rubberstamped the South-South strong influence on the Agriculture, Food security and Climate change sphere, as experts from both the African continent and Latin America (LATAM) convoked to share and report on projects currently employed in the field.
