Regional Meeting for Africa on the International Decade for People of African Descent
THEME: “Recognition, Justice and Development”

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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THEME: “Recognition, Justice and Development”
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WHAT: Africa Industrialization Week 2019 #AIW2019 themed, “Positioning African Industry to supply the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) Market"
Political appointees at the African Union, including Dr Chihombori, are appointed at the discretion of the appointing authority. The duration of such political appointments is also determined at the discretion of that appointing authority.
Mozambique 2019 Elections: AU recognizes notable improvement in the legal framework and management of the elections, notwithstanding political and security challenges
Dr. Liya Mutale, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs,
H.E Prof. Victor Harrison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, AUC
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health
Dr. Charles Lufumpa, Acting Chief Economic & Vice President, and Director of Statistics, AfDB
Representatives of UN agencies
CRVS Core Group
Ladies and Gentlemen, all protocols observed
Registrar Generals;
Director Generals of Statistics and Representatives;
Members of Government;
Representative of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Representative of African Development Bank
Representatives of Development Partners;
Directors General of NSOs
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen;
Good morning,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 October 2019- Recent estimates showed that remittances sent by the over 30 million African migrant workers reached more than US$ 85 billion in 2018, supporting over 200 million family members living back home. Estimates including unregistered flows double this figure.
His Excellency Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission, has arrived in Maputo.
