10th African Union Private Sector Forum
Cairo, Egypt
Theme: Made in Africa towards realizing Africa's economic Transformation and achieving Agenda 2063
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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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Cairo, Egypt
Theme: Made in Africa towards realizing Africa's economic Transformation and achieving Agenda 2063
Cairo, Egypt 9-11 May 2018: The Three Day African Union Private Sector Forum opened in Cairo on Wednesday 9 May 2018. The Forum was organized in collaboration with the Egyptian Business Women Association.
Considering the critical role that the private sector is expected to play in the Africa’s Transformation and implementation of Agenda 2063, in particular its contribution to poverty reduction through investment and employment creation, the AU Commission organizes an annual Forum engaging with private sector players on the continent.
Cairo, 14th May 2018: Senior Officials from the African Union Commission, the League of Arab States (LAS), Representatives of the Government of Tunisia, and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), met on 14 & 15 May 2018, in Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt, to discuss the preparations for the 7th Africa -Arab Regional Platform and 6th High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction, (DRR), which will be held from 9 – 13 October 2018, in Tunisia.
Tenth African Union Private Sector Forum
Cairo, Egypt
9-11 May 2018
« Made in Africa towards realizing Africa’s Structural Transformation for the achievement of Agenda 2063 »
Opening remarks of H.E. Prof. Victor HARISON
Commissioner for Economic Affairs
African Union Commission
Cairo, Egypt, 18 April 2018,–The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), the advisory organ of the African Union, held Joint Planning Meeting for six of its Sectorial Clusters from 16–18 April 2018. The purpose of the meeting was to create a platform for proper planning, provide technical input into the policy and programmes of the African Union Commission and finally to work in synergy with the various AUC Departments.
The African Union deploys short-term observers to the 26-28 March 2018 Presidential election in Egypt
ARRIVAL STATEMENT
Addis Ababa, 17 March 2018: At the invitation of the Government and National Elections Commission of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, has approved the deployment of a Short-Term Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to Egypt to observe the country’s presidential election scheduled for 26-28 March 2018.
Cairo, Egypt – 08 December 2017. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission organized the First African Union Start Up Fest under the theme: “How to Unleash their Potential through Start-Ups Development? The Symposium provided an avenue for the exchange of ideas and experiences related to Youth Entrepreneurship and the way Public and Private Partners could address the challenges faced.
J'ai rencontré aujourd’hui, au Caire, Ahmed Abou el-Gheit, Sec-Gen de la Ligue des États arabes au 40ème anniversaire de notre coopération pour examiner l’ensemble des aspects de la coopération afro-arabe en vue de redynamiser notre partenariat.
Nous avons aussi passé en revue l’état de la paix et de la sécurité dans le monde arabo-africain, avec un accent particulier sur les situations en Libye et en Somalie, ainsi que sur les efforts de lutte contre le terrorisme, notamment dans le bassin du Lac et au Sahel.