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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Kigali, Rwanda 11 July 2016 - A Swahili proverb goes: “Unity is strength, division is weakness”. This proverb says it best, and sums up the mood at the ongoing 27th African Union Summit holding at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC) in Rwanda.
ON THE THEME :
"THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MAPUTO PROTOCOL ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY IN AFRICA: STOCKTAKING, OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY"
KIGALI, RWANDA
8 JULY 2016
Your Excellency, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
Honorable Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Rwanda;
Your Excellencies Ministers and Heads of Delegations;
Distinguished Members of the Rwandan National Assembly;
Distinguished Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps;
Kigali, Rwanda 8 July 2016- The Rwanda House of Parliament was full to capacity on 8 July 2016, with high level personalities mostly women from Africa and the Diaspora who came to Kigali to participate in the African Union (AU) 3rd High Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, ahead of the 27th AU Summit scheduled to take place from 10-18 July 2016.
Kigali, Rwanda, 10 July 2016: The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Diaspora Forum signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 10 July at the margins of the 27th AU Summit at the Kigali Convention Centre.
Kigali, Rwanda, 10 July 2016: The Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), officially opened today, 10 July 2016 at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC) in Rwanda in the presence of H.E Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the AUC, the AUC Commissioners, the Representatives of the host Government, the UNECA, Heads of AU Organs and Missions abroad, AUC Directors and Officials, the Media and invited guests.
Kigali, 10 July 2016 - Opening up the market for Africa, liberalization of the economies and facilitating free movement of people across the continent are among the identified factors that will drive continent’s economic growth and development.
H.E Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma the Chairperson of the African Union Commission while addressing the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union observed that it was imperative for countries to cooperate and open up the market.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 8 July 2016: The African Union Commission (AUC) is following the outcome of the referendum of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU), and has conveyed its continued confidence in the European Union (EU) and the fundamental principles of collective security, international cooperation and integration, international partnership and development.
Your Excellency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of AU Commission;
Your Excellency, Ambassador Cherif Zene, Chairperson of the PRC;
Your Excellency, Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of AU Commission;
Excellences Commissioners;
Permanent Representatives to AU;
Heads of AU Organs;
Heads of Regional Economic Communities;
Excellences,
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Kigali. RWANDA, 10 July 2016
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Our gracious Hosts, the Government and People of the Republic of Rwanda
Your Excellency, Ambassador of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the Permament Representative Council
Distinguished Ambassadors, Members of the PRC,
Members of the AU Commission;
Representatives of AU Organs, Regional Economic Communities, the NEPAD Agency, APRM, AU Representative and Liaison Offices, Specialised and Technical Agencies
