On Girls in ICT Day, marked annually on the fourth Thursday in April, the African Union Commission jointly with the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Regional Office for Africa, UN Women, the UNDP Regional Office and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa hosted more than 200 high…
Back-to-back meetings of the Assembly of users of Pan African e-Network and the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee on Communication and Information and Communication Technologies took place on 26 – 28 April 2016 to identify, coordinate, ensure appropriation and plan activities to be undertaken with the involved stakeholders in…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Thursday 21 April 2016, concluded her second official visit to Russia, which ended on a high note, with commitment to strengthen the relationship between Africa and the Russian Federation. In meetings with the Russian Federation Minister of Foreign…
The African Union Commission through its Management and Information System (MIS) Unit on 5 April 2016 inaugurated the New IT Data Centre at its headquarters. During the launching ceremony, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha thanked the attendees for coming to witness the opening…
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA WHEN: Friday, 1ST April 2016 TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM WHERE: Conference Center of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia WHO: The meeting is organised by the two co-chairs of the Advocacy and Communication Cluster (ACC):…
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies launched the Internet Exchange Point in Madagascar on 17th March 2016. Through the African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project, the African Union Commission extended capacity building support to…
A three-day meeting of the two Working Groups of the Africa-Arab Partnership in the areas of Trade and Investment and Transport, Communication and Energy kicked off on 3 February 2016, at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a joint plenary session. Opening the meeting,…
The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E Mrs. Elham Mahmood Ibrahim during her press conference at the margin of the 26th AU Summit which brought together renowned media representatives from all over the continent at the African Union Commission discussed the Theme: “Infrastructure and its contribution to Human Rights”. The…
Invitation to representatives of the media
When: 17 –21 January 2016 The 2016 Gender Pre-Summit will hold as follows: Day 1: GIMAC Civil Society Meeting Date: 17 January 2016 Venue: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Conference Center Time: 09h00 – 17h00 Day 2: GIMAC Civil Society Meeting Date: 18 January 2016 Venue: …
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA What: Second Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit When: 4- 5 December 2015 The Summit will be preceded by the 6th Ministerial Conference of FOCAC. Where: The Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa Who: The African Union Commission (AUC), Government…
