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.
Juja, Kenya: The fifth graduation ceremony of the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) was held on 29 November 2019.
The African Union Organises the 6th Annual Continental Forum of Election Management Bodies
Fighting against corruption in the Public administration in Africa; Eastern African regional Seminar on the implementation of the African Charter on the Principles and Values of Public Service and Administration
Nairobi, November 18, 2019: A three-day Humanitarian Symposium on Gender Dimension to Forced Displacement in Africa; Towards Durable Solutions, commenced in Nairobi, Kenya, with Member States, UNHCR, Partners, the Civil Society, the Academia and other humanitarian actors in attendance.
The Symposium, which is the 7th edition, is part of the activities lined up for the theme of the Year 2019, the Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.
Nairobi, Kenya: 2nd November, 2019: “Africa is undergoing a dynamic socio-economic and political transformation. There is a lot happening on the continent but the world is yet to hear all about it. It is time to take charge of Africa’s narrative and reclaim its rightful place at the global arena”. Dr.
Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 August 2019 – The East African Community (EAC) hosted the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) TVET Dialogue Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. The forum aimed at strengthening and harnessing the potential of TVET for socioeconomic development of partner states. The forum also established a TVET Technical Committee (TECHCOM) whose main purpose is to operationalize a TVET harmonization strategy and make recommendations on the way forward.
The retreat focused on pathways to advance women’s leadership through intergenerational dialogue and empowerment of young women leaders.
Within the framework of PATTEC initiative, the 10th PATTEC training course on planning and execution of PATTEC Projects was held in Nairobi at the African Union Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), 25 – 29 March 2019. The training course was organised in English and fourteen trainees from Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Zimbabwe participated in the course.
In line with the decision of the African Union Ministers of Communication and Information Communication Technologies (STCCICT) of 2017, which resolved to, among others, recognize the contributions of journalists towards the achievement of Agenda 2063, five African women journalists have been awarded grants to enable them to produce detailed stories in key sectors of Africa’s development under Agenda 2063. The grants valued at US$10,000 in total were supported by the African Union, the GIZ and the International Organisation for Migration, IOM.
The African Union in partnership with GIZ and IOM will award media personalities
with the best pitch stories to change the narrative of the continent.
The winner will recived $2000 facilitate the development of these stories.
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