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Sharm El Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt - 17 December 2019: Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, addressed the third edition of the World Youth Forum organized in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 14 to 17 December 2019 under the auspices of President Abdelfattah El Sisi, Chairperson of the African Union. The event was attended by over 7000 participants from Africa and worldwide.

Aswan, Arab Republic of Egypt – 13 December 2019: H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, attended the “Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development” which took place on 11-12 December in Aswan, Egypt under the auspices of H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Egyptian President and Chairperson of the African Union.

November 2019: The African Union through the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) convened a two-day workshop to review the draft African Diaspora Investment Fund (ADIF) framework. The ADIF is an African Union legacy project on Diaspora investment through innovative finance in Africa, and was adopted by AU Heads of State at the Global African Diaspora summit in 2012 in Midland, South Africa. https://au.int/en/documents/20120525-0

Cairo, Egypt: 1 December 2019: “The African Union Youth Volunteer Corp (AU-YVC) requires your full commitment and dedication. And it is not easy! But by keeping an open mind, resilience and pan African solidarity, you should be unstoppable.” These were the words of the African Union Commission’s Prudence Ngwenya, Head of Youth Division said at the opening ceremony of the African Union youth volunteers 10th cohort pre-deployment training hosted by the Government of Egypt.