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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On the sidelines of the 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
AU Hosts a Photo Exhibition on Jerusalem as the Capital City of Islamic
Culture for 2019
A Joint AUC / ARC / AfDB / UNECA PRESS RELEASE
High-Level Side Event on ‘Migration and Displacement in Africa: Addressing the underlying causes through innovative risk financing mechanisms.’
February 7, 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Republic of Rwanda and African Union Commission’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture will on Sunday February 10, 2019 host a high level side event on the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS) at the margins of the February 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union.
Within the framework of the 32nd AU Summit, H.E. SAMATE Cessouma Minata, Commissioner for Political Affairs at the AU Commission will, on Friday 08 February 2019, at 11:30 hold a press conference on the following issue:
- Conflict Prevention as a Strategy Towards Durable Solutions for Forced Displacement in Africa
The press conference will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the new AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Journalists are invited to take part in the press conference
Joint briefing by H.E. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Trade and Industry; H.E. Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development; and Dr. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of ICT and CEO of RECs on the implementation of the African Union Trade Observatory (ATO) Project
Within the framework of the 32nd AU Summit, H.E. Prof Victor Harison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs at the AU Commission will, on Friday 08 February 2019, at 16:30 hold a press conference on the following issue:
- Economic, Social and Institutional Transformation for reaching the development goals of Agenda 2063
The press conference will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the new AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Journalists are invited to take part in the press conference
MEDIA ADVISORY
Africa Launches a Result Framework to Gauge Women's Role in Peace and Security
WHAT: The official launch of the Result Framework to Gauge Women's Role in Peace and Security
WHEN: 11th February 2019 starting at 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
WHO: The Office of the Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security
