India, Japan, Netherlands and Sri Lanka new Permanent Representatives present Credentials to AU Commission Chairperson

The Chairperson congratulated and welcomed each of the new Representatives to the AU and wished them success in their collaboration with the AU and during their stay in Ethiopia

Newly appointed Ambassadors of India, Japan, Netherlands and Sri Lanka to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representatives to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), have presented their Credentials to the AU Commission Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Tuesday,…

Africa Trade Week 2016 (ATW2016): Invitation to Representatives of the Media

Theme: “Advancing Socio-Economic Structural Transformation through Intra-Africa Trade”

When: Monday 28 November – Friday 2 December 2016 Where: AU Headquarters, Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia Who: Organised by the Department of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Objective: The ATW2016 will focus on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), with emphasis on Trade…

TICAD-VI opens in Kenya: Africa and Japan emphasize the Need for a Strengthened Partnership

The meeting was opened in the presence of high-level officials from Africa and Japan, and other TICAD co-organizers including United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (UNOSAA), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and World Bank (WB)

Preparation for the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI) began today with a Senior Official’s Meeting (SOM) at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. This is the first time since its inception in 1993 that TICAD is being held in Africa and the TICAD VI Summit demonstrates…

Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD VI)

The Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI) will be held from 27 to 28 August 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA What:  TICAD VI Who:  Japan and other TICAD Co-organizers (Africa Union Commission, United             Nations, Office of the Special Advisor on Africa, United Nations Development             Programme and World Bank)       When:  Senior Officials Meeting - 23-24 August 2016              Ministerial - 26 August…

“Bringing African Voices to the 2016 TICAD VI”

The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) partnered with the Civic Commission for Africa – CCfA, the Japan Citizen Network for TICAD - JCNT and the Kenya government to bring Africa’s Non State Actors to a sensitization and consultation meeting for Tokyo International Conference on Africa's Development (TICAD). The Tokyo International…

The TICAD VI preparatory ministerial meeting

INVITATION TO THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES What:                 The Preparatory Ministerial Meeting for the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit (TICAD VI). When:                16-17 June 2016 Where:               Banjul, the Islamic Republic of The Gambia Who:                  Japan, the African Union Commission, the United Nations Office of the…

PIDA a strategic continental initiative for Africa’s Integration

The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is a strategic continental initiative which has the buy-in of all African countries, for mobilizing resources to transform Africa through modern infrastructure which will unlock the continent’s huge growth potential and put Africa on the path to accelerated economic and social development.…

Africa’s Strategic Partnerships: prospects, Challenges and way forward

In an effort to move forward its development and integration Agenda and achieve its vision of “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena”, the African Union, through its Commission has entered into strategic partnerships with countries and regions…

The Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission participates in the TICAD co-organizers retreat held in Masai Mara, Kenya

H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) led the AUC delegation to a 2-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Co-Organizers retreat in preparation for the upcoming TICAD VI Summit to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 27-28 August 2016 – the first…

Opening of the second task force meeting for the establishment of the African Volunteer Health Corps (AVOHC)

The Second Task Force meeting for the establishment of the African Volunteer Heath Corps (AVoHC) commenced on 22nd February at the African Union Headquarters. The meeting  organized by the African Union Department of Social Affairs brings together participants from AU Member States, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), International…