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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African Women in the Media, is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere in the world. Our aim is to impact positively the way media functions in relation to women, and our vision is that one day women of African heritage will have equal access to representation and opportunities in media industries and media content.
Theme: “AfCFTA’s Role in post COVID-19 Recovery, Resilience & Structural Transformation’’
What: AfCFTA Business Forum 2020
When: 04 December 2020
Time: 1300hrs East Africa Time, 1000hrs GMT
Where: Virtual Platform, ZOOM Webinars. & anchored from the AfCFTA Studio
Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4z3oxvMbSMuUKrWzyZFnkA
As the Second Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Energy of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) take its second day, African Energy Ministers gathered to discuss the implementation status of the Action Plan adopted by the STC-TTIIET held in April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
WHAT: Press Conference by Honourable Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso on the issues discussed during the Public Session of its 67th Ordinary Session, including the current human rights situation in Africa.
WHEN: December 3, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. (GMT) / 3:30 p.m. (EAT) / 2:30 p.m. (CAT)
WHERE: Virtual session
Zoom webinar link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VJYkndJ1QTSD3RRQDfJ3nQ
WHO: Media Representatives
Madame Naledi Pandor, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the Executive Council,
Honourable members of the Executive Council,
Madame Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,
Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission,
Commissioners,
Executive Secretaries of the Regional Economic Communities,
Chief Executives of the AU Organs,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The First Extra-Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET)
1 December 2020, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded a two day working visit to the Republic of South Africa today.
The Chairperson was received by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and current Chair of the African Union, where the two leaders held extensive consultations on a wide range of issues.
Dear representatives from Member States, RECs, and Partners,
The development of the African Union Campaign and negotiation of an AU Convention on Ending Violence against Women and Girls; the full implementation of the African Union guidelines on the Gender Responsive Responses to COVID-19; the universal ratification, domestication and implementation of the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights; the approval to disseminate the AU Strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and the
