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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Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) is a consortium the that brings together a unique combination of technical expertise, strategic coordination and political leadership to increase availability of analyzable antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use (AMU) data from different parts of Africa.
Addis Abéba, le 29 mars 2019: Le Président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, est préoccupé par la détérioration du climat politique et sécuritaire en Union des Comores, consécutivement aux scrutins du 24 mars 2019 pour élire le Président de l’Union et les Gouverneurs des iles autonomes et à la proclamation des résultats provisoires par la Commission électorale nationale indépendante. Il déplore les actes de violence ayant occasionné des pertes en vies humaines.
Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Integration and Central Bank Governors attended the 3rd AU Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation has launched the Africa Dialogue Series on digital cooperation to discuss and identify areas in which cooperation across borders, industries and sectors, can mobilize efforts for the development of effective digital policies and for the future of Africa’s digital transformation.
Addis Abeba, 28 March 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat is pleased to announce the appointments of Ambassador Matias Bertino Matondo, an Angolan national, as the new Special Representative and Head of Office for the African Union Office in the Central African Republic, to replace Mr Bedializoun Nebié Moussa, who has been called to other functions; and Ambassador Mohamed Belaich, a Moroccan national, as the new Special Representative in Sudan. This post was vacant.
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Interactive Workshop for Journalists on Reporting on Climate & Disaster Risk Financing
Amb. Kwesi Quartey reiterated the African Union's commitment to work closely with Caribbean and Pacific countries to address issues of mutual concern, and called on the ACP Group to take advantage of new strategic geopolitical opportunities to advance shared interests in the ongoing post-Cotonou negotiations.
The African Union Commission, and Africa 24 GROUP have signed an MoU that will see the two institutions partner to develop and disseminate content aimed at promoting Africa’s image and its development narrative.
Statement by H.E. Amb. Minata SAMATE CESSOUMA Commissioner for Political Affairs and Head of African Union Delegation to Commission on the Status of Women, 63rd Session, CSW63 On behalf of H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the AUC African Union Commission On the occasion of the Official Presentation of the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (2018-2028) New York 13 March 2019
