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.
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.
The AfCFTA Secretariat and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today have signed a strategic partnership to promote trade as a stimulus for Africa’s socioeconomic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, and as a driver of sustainable development particularly for women and youth in Africa, in line with the SDGs and Agenda 2063, Africas’ development blue print.
On 1 January 2021, at the launch of the start of trading on the basis of the AfCFTA, the Pan-African Private Sector, under the umbrella body of the African Business Council (AfBC), issued a press statement in support of this initiative. In it, the AfBC acknowledged that the start of trading under the AfCFTA presents enormous business opportunities for the Pan-African Private Sector, SMEs, Women and Youths as the continent takes this bold move towards Boosting Intra-African Trade.
What: Press briefing on the status of AfCFTA
When: 12th January, 2021
Time: 13:00h GMT
Who: H.E. Mr. Wamkele Mene the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
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Venue: Ghana, Accra
What: The AfCFTA Start of Trading Ceremony Webinar
When: 1st January, 2021
Time: 11:00 – 12:00h GMT
Who: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
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Keynote Speakers
The Head of African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 7th December 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Ghana will hold a media briefing to present the Preliminary conclusions of the mission.
Media representatives are invited to attend and cover the event.
Date: Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Time: 10:00am
Venue: Movenpick Ambassador Hotel (Ball Room 1) Accra, Republic of Ghana
Accra, 04 December, 2020 -H.E. Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe, Former President of South Africa and the Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM), has arrived in Accra for the up-coming Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the country.
H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the Assembly;
Your Excellences Heads of States and Government;
H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
Excellences Ministers;
Excellences Commissioners of the African Union Commission;
Excellences, Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the African Union;
Ladies and Gentlemen.
WHAT: Virtual High-Level Launch of the Futures Report: Making the AfCFTA Work for Women and Youth
WHEN: Thursday, 3 December 2020,
Time 15.30 – 16.30 GMT
WHO: The African Union (AU) Commission, The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Keynote Speakers:
