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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As a follow-up to the Declaration of the AU-EU Summit, held from 17-18 February 2022, that committed to revitalize the work of the tripartite taskforce, the taskforce members met on 1st November 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ten (10) African writers and visual artists who will contribute their creative ideas to the African Union’s 20-year celebrations have been selected as part of the AU20 Artists & Writers Residency Programme.
Statement By Amb. Albert Muchanga, African Union Commissioner, Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals at the Joint Meeting of The African Union Ministers In Charge of Industry and Economic Diversification
The African Union Commission, through the GMES & Africa programme, partnered with Rwanda Space Agency, Carnegie Mellon University Africa and the African Framework for Research Innovation, Communities and Applications (EO AFRICA) to conduct a five-day Earth Observation Hackathon in the context of the GMES & Africa programme.
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), has convened a forum for Civil Society Organisations (CSO) dialogue, knowledge sharing, and capacity building with experts on peace, security, and stability, with a focus on cross-cutting issues such as gender, youth, and the protection of children, indigenous, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable groups in conflict situations.
Statement By Amb. Albert Muchanga, African Union Commissioner, Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals at the Meeting of the Senior Official of Ministries in charge of Industry and Economic Diversification
The African Union (AU) Commission, in collaboration with the Federal Republic of Nigeria held the Inaugural Lessons Learned Forum on AU Peace Support Operations (PSOs) and the African Standby Force (ASF) from 1 to 3 November 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Inaugural Lessons Learned Forum was aimed at assessing how implementation of AU PSOs have been facilitated; ascertain the various ways in which the ASF have been utilized since its establishment; and identify key lessons that can contribute towards the full operationalization and utilization of the ASF.
Young Africans of the Continent and in the Diaspora
The celebration of 1 November, dedicated as African Youth Day, recalls by its institutionalisation, the importance that our Leaders attach to youths, mentioned in the Preamble of the African Youth Charter, as the greatest wealth of the Continent. Demographic wealth, whose current weight, estimated at 482 million, is part of a growth projection estimated at 850 million by 2050.
Joint Communiqué of the Chair of the African Union and the Chairperson of the AU Commission on the situation in the East of DRC
Addis Ababa, 30 October 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemns in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist attack that killed more than 100 innocent civilians and wounded many more in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 29 October 2022.
The Chairperson expresses the African Union’s s heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and wishes speedy recovery to the injured. He conveys the AU’s solidarity with the Government and people of Somalia, at this difficult time.
