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 Republic of Cabo Verde became the forty-first (41st) State Party to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
As one of the regions’ most adversely affected by the impacts of climate change, Africa has been advocating for urgent and practical global, regional and national actions and enhanced ambition to combat climate change.
The Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government today commenced its 35th Ordinary session and the first to be held in person following a hiatus in 2021 wherein the Assembly was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Your Excellency Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo and outgoing Chairperson of the African Union,
Your Excellency Macky Sall, President or the Republic or Senegal and incoming Chairperson of the African Union,
Your Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission,
Excellencies Heads of State and Government,
Distinguished Ministers,
Commissioners, Excellencies Ambassadors, Invited Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) have elected H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2022.
“We are on the right path as Africa continues to rise to its challenges. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic are still with us, but the pandemic has led Africa to take the opportunity to become self-reliant. I am confident that AUDA-NEPAD will continue to be on the forefront of Africa’s development path,” H.E Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) declared in his opening statemen at the 39th session of the committee.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Special Press Briefing on African Union’s Covid-19 Commission Progress Report
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
OVERVIEW: This special briefing will focus on the Progress Report of the African Union’s COVID-19 Commission headed by H.E. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, and AU Champion on COVID-19 pandemic response.
INVITATION FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
What: Official opening ceremony of the Twenty Sixth (26th) Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OFLAD), will hold under the theme: “Twenty years in the service of the most vulnerable of Africa”
When: Sunday 06 February 2022.
Time: as from 08:30 am
Where: Plenary Hall of the Old Conference Building, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
GENDER IS MY AGENDA CAMPAIGN YOUNG WOMEN NETWORK (GYWN)
7TH YOUTH ADVOCACY TRAINING
Statement By
African Union Special Envoy on Youth Ms Chido on Behalf of AUC Chairperson
38TH GIMAC PRE-SUMMIT CSOS CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN THE AFRICAN UNION AND MEMBER STATES
Statement by
African Union Special Envoy on Youth Ms Chido on Behalf of Auc Chairperson
03 February 2022
Your Excellences,
Special Rapporteurs,
Special Envoys,
Goodwill Ambassadors,
Members of other AU Institutions
Development Partners
