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 Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) Directorate in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment held a briefing session with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
A delegation from Caritas Africa paid a courtesy call to the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit under the Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE).
Ahead of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (36th AU Summit), The AU Youth Envoy Ms. Chido Mpemba, has actively engaged with youth, Member States, and stakeholders to advocate for the inclusion and empowerment of young people in Africa's development agenda and has continued to call for the ratification and implementation of the African Youth Charter.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and heads of delegations from the Member States of the African Union (AU) converged today at the headquarters of the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
By eliminating barriers to trade in Africa, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will lift 30 million people from extreme poverty and another 68 million people from moderate poverty. To boost intra-African trade, the continent has embarked on the gradual elimination of tariffs on 90 percent of goods, and the reduction of barriers to trade in services aimed at increasing Africa’s income by $450 billion by 2035.
On 10 February 2023, the African Union Commission’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE), and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), co-convened the Horn of Africa Ministerial Roundtable on food security in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Taking Advantage of the Acceleration of AfCFTA to Boost Girls and Women’s Education in Africa
13 February 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded a two-day working visit to Khartoum from 12-13 February 2023. He was accompanied by AU Commissioner of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Prof Mohamed Hacen El Lebatt, Chief of Staff, Ambassador Mohamed Belaiche, AU Special Representative for Sudan and Ms Ebba Kalondo, Spokesperson to the AUC Chairperson.
African Union Commission organized a parallel session on Strengthening labor market and migration information systems with real-time data and new methodologies during the 3rd International Forum for Migration Statistics held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC).
The African Union Commission and Africa Development Agency (AUDA- NEPAD) in collaboration with partners, are conducting the Training of Trainers (ToT) for the 4th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review (BR) reporting cycle.
