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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MEDIA ADVISORY/ 26TH AU SUMMIT
31ST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (PRC)
Theme: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women”.
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 January 2016
Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organised by the African Union Commission (AUC)
MEDIA ADVISORY/ 26TH AU SUMMIT
Theme: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women”.
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 January 2016
Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organised by the African Union Commission (AUC)
20 African ICT Experts to take part in a training offered by Huawei in China
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 December 2015: Twenty Senior Technical Experts dealing with ICT policies and regulations from the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities and Associations of Regulators will take part in the technical training organized by Huawei at its Headquarters in China for a period of two weeks from 06 to 18 December 2015.
Joint Press Release
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. December 4, 2015 – The experts have reiterated the urgent need for Africa to fast track the process of harmonizing medicines regulation on the Continent to guarantee access to quality medicines. The issue was front and center in the two-day event that brought together experts of the pharmaceutical sector in the framework of the 4th African Medicines Regulatory Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. December 2, 2015 - Today, Africa bears 25% of the global burden of disease, but less than 2% of the world’s medicines are produced in the continent. Importing medicines and commodities that the African population needs has proven to be unsustainable.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 November, 2015: The 2nd Biennial scientific conference on medicines regulation in Africa has opened today 30 November, 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Regulatory Systems Strengthening for advancing Research, Innovation and Local Pharmaceutical production in Africa”.
Addis Ababa, 27th November 2015-The Africa Union Commission (AUC) and the ONE Campaign today formalized the partnership between the two institutions by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of agriculture, food security and nutrition across Africa, amongst other common development objectives the two organizations share.
The MoU was signed by the AUC’s Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Tumusiime Rhoda Peace and the interim Executive Director of ONE Africa, Ms. Nachilala Nkombo, at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
