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Opening Ceremony: NEPAD Heads of State and Government Summit
Press Briefing of H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal and H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of NEPAD
Kigali, Rwanda 16 July 2016 - African countries need to be strategic and work collaboratively in promoting industrialization in the continent as this will help in creating employment opportunities and become competitive in a global trading world.
Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki the Chief Executive Officer of New Partnership for African’s Development (NEPAD) told journalists’ attending the 27th African Union Summit in Kigali that the biggest challenges impeding the continent was a “Trade” whereby countries are not trading with each, lack of enough infrastructure and poverty.
NEPAD Heads of State and Government Summit
Kigali, Rwanda 16 July 2016 - The Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), President Macky Sall of Senegal, has commended the efforts taken by African leaders in implementing projects that have become a foundation for inclusive growth and achieving Agenda 2063.
Joint Press Briefing H.E. Dr. Anthony Mothae Maruping, AUC Commissioner for Economic Affairs and H.E. Dr. Abdella Amdok, UNECA Deputy Executive Secretary
AUC Chairperson Calls for African media to tell the truth while reporting their stories in a way to hold their leadership accountable and promote Agenda 2063
Kigali, Rwanda 14 July 2014 - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, H.E Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called on the African media fraternity to fast-track the implementation of Agenda 2063 by effectively covering and disseminating information about the progress of pan-African strategies.
Dr. Dlamini-Zuma made the call during the official opening of the African Editors Forum on Thursday 14 July 2016, on the sidelines of the 27th African Union Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
AU Leadership academy to produce future leaders with Pan-African ideas
Kigali, Rwanda 14 July 2016 - The next generations of public servants will benefit from the focused and high quality Pan-African training offered at the African Union Leadership Academy, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Speaking in a press conference at the side-lines of the 27th African Union Summit in Kigali, Mr. Amine Idriss Adoum, the Director, Administration and Human Resource Management of the African Union Commission (AUC), said that the academy is a driving force behind national capacity building toward the implementation of Agenda 2063.
African Union (AU) Passport to spur Intra-Africa Trade - Mushikiwabo
Kigali, Rwanda 14 July 2016 - The African Union Passport that is expected to be officially launched during the 27th African Union Summit is considered a prodigious triumph for the continent and it will ease free movement of people, spur economic growth and development as well as promote Intra-African trade.
Press Briefiing of H.E. Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Rwanda
African Union (AU) Passport to spur Intra-Africa Trade - Mushikiwabo
Press Release
Kigali, Rwanda 14 July 2016 - The African Union Passport that is expected to be officially launched during the 27th African Union Summit is considered a prodigious triumph for the continent and it will ease free movement of people, spur economic growth and development as well as promote Intra-African trade.
Press Briefing of H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs
INVITATION TO THE MEDIA
PRESS BRIEFING OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Within the framework of the 27th AU Summit, H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs, AU Commission will, on Friday 15th July 2016, at 11:00 hold a press briefing on the following issues:
- Migration
- African Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- End Child Marriage; and
- African Volunteer Health Corp (AVoHC)