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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Addis Ababa, 10 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, arrived today in Yerevan, Armenia, to take part in the 17th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), on 11 and 12 October 2018. The Chairperson was invited by the Armenian authorities.
The 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Addis Ababa, 5 October 2018: The African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, congratulates Dr. Denis Mukwege and the Panzi Hospital he founded more than 20 years ago in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to assist women victims of sexual violence, following the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the Nobel Peace Prize 2018. He also congratulates the other Nobel laureate, Nadia Murad.
Addis Ababa, 5 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, visited Guinea-Bissau today as part of his tour of West Africa, during which he traveled to Senegal, from 1 to 3 October 2018, and The Gambia, from 3 to 4 October 2018.
During his visit to Bissau, the Chairperson of the Commission met with President José Mário Vaz. He also met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities, João Ribeiro Butiam Có, and the Speaker of the National People's Assembly, Cipriano Cassama.
Nairobi, Kenya, 01 October 2018: The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Infrastructure and Energy, in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Kenya opened today the First Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Tourism of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIET).
