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.
2017 has been a particularly eventful year, with the assumption of duty of a new Commission. I have had the privilege of serving with a diverse group of individuals over the past nine months, and the results have been encouraging.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 28 September 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat was in Kinshasa on 28 September 2017, for a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The visit of the Chairperson of the AU Commission was mainly to discuss the political situation in the DRC. In this regard, H.E. Moussa Faki went to listen to the political actors and to explore with them ways and means to accelerate the implementation of the agreement of 31 December 2016.
Meet Dr Alain Mukendi- a young African epidemiologist helping to fight Ebola
“I am proud to serve as an Africa CDC volunteer to help my country in the fight against Ebola”
Dr. Alain Mukendi, a medical epidemiologist, describes his career in volunteering and thanks Africa CDC for responding to the request of the Congolese authorities to support the post-Ebola period.
Addis Ababa, 16 March 2015: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has approved the deployment of the African Union Short-Term Observation (STO) Mission to the 20 March 2016 First Round Presidential Election in the Republic of Congo. The STOs in Brazzaville, Congo, since 15 March 2015, will remain in the country until the 24th March 2015.
