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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Washington DC, USA 14 April 2019: African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid participated in the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund which took place in Washington, DC on April 9-14, 2019.
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (Second Right) receiving Mr. Richard Albright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration accompanied by the US Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, where they discussed issues related to the implementation of the theme of the Year, April 22, 2019
1 Million By 2021: the African Union Commission Chairperson Rallies Support for New Youth Initiative
In expanding its database of freelances, DCMP is inviting qualified freelance Interpreters, Translators and Translation Assistants for ARABIC and PORTUGUESE Language categories to show interest in inclusion in DCMP Roster by filling the relevant online form and attaching their CVs and other academic credential.
Attached are the Terms of Reference for each category. Please note that June 30, 2019 mid-night is the deadline for receiving applications.
Addis Abeba, 21 April 2019: As a follow-up to the communiqué on the situation in the Sudan adopted by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on 15 April 2019, the Chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded, today, a 48 hours working visit to Khartoum.
Addis Ababa, 18 April 2019: The task force met on 16 April 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting follows the latest developments in Libya and the escalating conflict in Tripoli. The meeting, which was chaired by the Special Envoy of the Chairperson and Commissioner for Social Affairs, H.E.
Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, 17 April 2019: Ministers from 39 African countries have confirmed their commitment to consider strategies for developing smart infrastructure to boost Africa’s continental transformation and integration, by adopting the Egypt Declaration and Action Plans for the Transport, Energy and Tourism sectors.
(ANWI) - a new initiative aimed at promoting African women’s participation in infrastructure development at the national, regional, and global levels.
Egypt has been unanimously elected as Chair of the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) for the next two years covering 2019-2021.
Cairo, Egypt, 12th April 2019- A seminar bringing together the African Union Commission, the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), to deliberate on the preparations for the upcoming Mid-Year Coordination meeting set to be held in Niamey, Niger in July 2019, has concluded.
