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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The African Governance Platform has kicked off a forum on the harmonization of State Reporting Mechanisms on Instruments Focusing on Human Rights, Democracy, and Governance.
Leaders from various sectors of the society have committed to firmly advocate and push for a change to allow women and girls fully enjoy their human rights.
The African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have signed a protocol agreement for $3.9 million in grant financing to strengthen investment, human capital and philanthropic engagement from the diaspora in eight African countries.
November 29, 2023 Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat is monitoring with grave concern, the security situation in Sierra Leone arising from the intrusion of the Military Armory at Wilberforce barracks in Freetown.
The Chairperson strongly condemns the violence recently unleashed in Freetown, which is tantamount to disrupting the peace, democratic dispensation and stability of Sierra Leone.
During the opening ceremony H.E. Amb. Minata SAMATE CESSOUMA, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development (HHS) delivered her welcome remarks through video interlude.
Ministers in charge of Communication and Information Communication Technology sectors have adopted far-reaching decisions to accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation and boost socio-economic development, create jobs and improve people’s lives.
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, participated in a partners and planning workshop for the project ‘Resilience Initiative Africa’ (RIA) implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The event was hosted from 31 October to 2 November 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Dr Amani Abou-Zeid addressed the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum (IVECF) which brought together thousands of delegates in the Austrian capital to discuss solutions to promote green industrialization and establishing sustainable value chains for low carbon technologies. The forum took place 2-3 November 2023.
African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Dr Amani Abou-Zeid met with Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General during her official visit to the Agency Headquarters in Vienna, Austria on the margins of the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum that took place 2-3 November 2023.
