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.
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An Innovation Accelerator for the young African Innovators focused on promoting democracy and governance on the continent, has concluded after an intense program aimed at bridging the gaps in technical skills needed to stimulate growth and expansion of their innovative solutions.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE 13TH AND 14TH EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY
We, the Ministers in charge of Energy meeting by Video Conferencing on 1 December 2020 as the STC Sub Committee on Energy of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism, convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) to take stock of the implementation status of the Actions Plan adopted by the STC-TTIIET at its second ordinary session held in April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt;
WHAT: Virtual High-Level Launch of the Futures Report: Making the AfCFTA Work for Women and Youth
WHEN: Thursday, 3 December 2020,
Time 15.30 – 16.30 GMT
WHO: The African Union (AU) Commission, The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Keynote Speakers:
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
