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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24 août 2019, Addis Abeba: Faisant suite au communique du Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat en date du 19 août 2019, je voudrais faire la mise au point suivante:
Antananarivo, Madagascar, 23 August 2019: To enhance the interface and partnership between the African Union, the policy makers and the private sector and drive the realization of the aspirations of Africa’s development framework Agenda 2063, the African Union Commission through the Department of Economic Affairs, is convening the 11th African Private Sector Forum set to be hosted in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on the 6-8 November 2019.
22 August 2019, Addis Abeba: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to improve the political and economic relations between the governments of Rwanda and Uganda that took place in Luanda, Angola on Wednesday.
The Chairperson commends the leadership shown by President Paul Kagame and President Yoweri Museveni to resolve their differences through dialogue in the spirit of regional cooperation.
ADDIS ABABA, August 20, 2019. The African Union in collaboration with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Liaison Office to the AU on 19 August joined countries around the world to mark this Year’s World Humanitarian Day at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa, 21 August 2019: The African Union Commission, through the Department of Political Affairs, is continuing the AU engagement with political parties in Africa as key agents of democratic and participatory governance. The AUC brought together more than twenty (20) representatives of various political parties in East Africa in a workshop held in Arusha, Tanzania to be held today and tomorrow.
Accra, Ghana, 20 August 2019: The need to unlock the human and institutional potential for the public sector to drive quality public service delivery, heighten the fight against corruption and good governance in Public and Administration sectors in the continent, remains of enormous interest to the African Union.
Rabat, 20 August 2019: The 12th Edition of the African Games officially opened on Monday 19 August in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco; H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and H.E. Amira El Fadila, Commissioner of Social Affairs, AU Commission. Holding under the theme Creating Opportunities through Sports for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons”, the event is scheduled to take place from 19-31 August 2019 in different cities of the Kingdom of Morocco.
