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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Addis Ababa-19th November 2018: Following the month-long celebrations of the annual Africa Youth Day event and the announcement of the AU Youth Envoy, the African Union Commission (AUC) is ready to commence the training of the next batch of youth volunteers under the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) in Congo Brazzaville.
Seoul, Republic of Korea - 04 December 2018 – A Letter of Cooperation (LoC) was signed on 04 December 2018 between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the National Geographic Information institute (NGII) for the implementation of the African Minerals Geoscience Initiative (AMGI) project. The LoC was signed by H.E. Albert M. Muchanga, the Commissioner for Trade and Industry representing the AU Commission and Dr. Kiyun Yu, Director General of NGII. The signing ceremony took place at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner of Political Affairs in a group photograph with Ministers for the Decentralization and Local Governance during the opening session of the STC 8 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs when she welcomed H.E. Barnabe Z. Dassigi, Minister of Decentralization and Local Governance of the Republic of Benin, and Chairperson of the STC 8 in her office on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
Abidjan, le 7 Décembre 2018 - Le Département des Affaires Politiques (DAP) de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA), en collaboration avec l’Association des Autorités Electorales Africaines (AAEA) et la Commission Electorale Indépendante de Côte d’Ivoire (CEI), organisent du 7 au 8 décembre 2018, à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, le 5ème Forum Annuel Continental des Organes de Gestion des Elections (OGE) sous le thème: « Vers des Processus Électoraux sans Corruption: Renforcer l’intégrité Électorale en Afrique ».
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (Middle), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, H.E. Goeffery Onyeama (Left) and H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (Right), flanked by other dignitaries and participants attending the summit of African Youth Against Corruption hosted by Nigerian Government in Abuja on Monday, December 10, 2018.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2018: The 2018 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) concluded today amid calls by delegates to rethink the financing architecture and tap into new sources of funding such as the private sector and pension funds for the second phase of the PIDA Priority Action Plan (PAP), which is expected to be implemented from 2020-2030.
In his closing remarks, Zimbabwe’s State Minister for Matebeleland North Province, H.E. Mr. Richard Moyo emphasized the need for Africa to accelerate the implementation of PIDA projects.
Katowice, Poland – 6th December, 2018: Geothermal energy stakeholders and experts met at an event during the 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Katowice, Poland to review the successes and challenges as well as recommend the way forward for the AUC Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF).
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Union 05 December 2018: The African Union Commission hosted the 24th Boarding of Trustees Meeting of the African World Heritage Fund, for induction of the new board members and to appoint a new executive director of the Fund as well as to follow up on the implementation of a number of decisions that emanated from the 23rd Board Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa in July 2018.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2018: Africa needs to unite and work hard to reverse colonial infrastructure systems which promoted the extraction of profitable agricultural and mineral wealth for export at the expense of local communities and the continent,” Zimbabwe’s Transport and Infrastructural Development and Transport Minister, Joel Biggie Matiza said as the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week opened on Monday in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe buoyed by gathering momentum.
