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Congratulations to the delegation of #Togo 🇹🇬 and the Africa Group on the adoption this morning by the #UNGA of resolution A/80/L.104, “Correct the Map.” First endorsed by the African Union Assembly in February and officially passed at the United Nations today, this African Union initiative marks a historic step toward accurate and equitable global cartographic representation. For centuries, the Mercator projection distorted global geography, shrinking Africa to the size of Greenland when our continent is actually 14 times larger. Today’s resolution promotes equal-area maps like Equal Earth across classrooms, media, and international institutions ensuring the world map finally reflects Africa’s true scale, weight, and place in the world.
African Union113,370 views • 14 days ago
A historic milestone for financial sovereignty For decades, skewed risk perceptions have forced African nations to pay an unfair "risk premium" on global capital. The African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), headquartered in Mauritius, is created to rewrite that narrative with context-driven credit opinions for sovereign and corporate entities. Save the date 7 October 2026 📍 Mauritius #Agenda2063
African Union24,091 views • 16 days ago
Here is what you need to know ahead of the AfCRA offical launch next month.... What is AfCRA? The African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) is a continental institution headquartered in Mauritius created to provide sovereign and corporate credit assessments. The Problem: For decades, African countries and businesses have paid an unfair "risk premium" on global capital due to biased external ratings. The Solution: AfCRA delivers context-driven, objective, and realistic credit opinions grounded in African economic realities. The Impact: Fairer borrowing rates, stronger investor confidence, and true financial sovereignty for the continent. Save the Date: 7 October 2026 Location: Mauritius
African Union20,014 views • 15 days ago
President John Dramani Mahama declares #Ghana ready to welcome African Heads of State, Ministers of Health, media, and development partners to Accra this week for the AU Extraordinary Summit on Health. "Africa's future continues to spell justice, equity, and universal health coverage. We unite around a clear continental agenda: to strengthen local manufacturing, grow Africa's pharmaceutical sector, unlock sustainable health financing, and build resilient health systems that leave no African behind," President Mahama declares. "As host country, and in the spirit of the Accra Reset, Ghana stands fully committed to this vision. This Extraordinary Summit is a collective opportunity for Africa to chart its own path forward." #AUSummitonHealth #Agenda2063
African Union34,039 views • 2 months ago
Did you know? The AU Fashion Industry Development Strategy is helping position fashion as an important driver of Africa’s economic and industrial transformation. From textiles and design to manufacturing, retail and exports, Africa’s fashion value chain has the potential to create jobs, grow African brands, expand opportunities for young people and women, and increase the value of products made on the continent. The Strategy provides a continental framework to strengthen the sector by supporting local production, skills development, access to finance and markets, intellectual property protection, sustainable production, and stronger regional fashion value chains. With the #AfCFTA creating a larger continental market, strengthening Africa’s fashion industry means turning African creativity into businesses, jobs, trade and greater value retained on the continent.
African Union16,214 views • 1 month ago
On the sidelines of #STC_SDLE_6, Dr Sabelo Mbokazi, AUC’s Head of Labour, Employment and Migration discussed with the media about ongoing efforts to strengthen labour migration governance, protect migrant workers, reduce remittance costs, ease skills mobility across borders, and advance fair global labour partnerships. He emphasized that the AUC’s approach to managing migration is treating it as a development agenda capable of accelerating continental integration, rather than viewing it primarily as a security concern. Watch more below:
African Union14,217 views • 29 days ago
H.E. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani #Mauritania, is the African Union Chairperson 2024, taking over from H.E. Azali Assoumani #Comoros. 📋Bureau of the Assembly 2024: - AU Chair –Mauritania - 1st Vice –Angola - 2nd Vice –Congo - 3rd Vice –Ghana - Rapporteur –Comoros 37th #AUSummit.
African Union190,144 views • 2 years ago
On this #AfricaDay, we commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), established on May 25, 1963. The 2025 AU Theme of the Year, “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” underscores our collective pursuit of justice, dignity, and healing. This theme aims to develop a Common African Position on Reparations, establish an African Reparatory Programme of Action, and strengthen collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the global African diaspora through a Joint Mechanism on Reparations . These efforts are crucial in ensuring that Africans and people of African descent receive justice in tangible and transformative ways . #YearofReparations
African Union93,660 views • 1 year ago
Happy #AfricaDay One continent. 55 nations. One decision made in Addis Ababa 63 years ago that still echoes today. To the founders. The freedom fighters. The women who never made the front page but held everything together. The workers. The dreamers. The ones whose names we may never know. We remember you today. We carry you forward
African Union29,225 views • 3 months ago
"Health is the foundation of human dignity, prosperity and sustainable development. With Heads of State and Ministers of Health gathering in Ghana from 21 - 22 July, this Summit is our chance to chart the pathway from commitment to action for the mothers we must save, the diseases we must defeat, and the systems we must build." - H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf Chairperson, African Union Commission More information here
African Union17,141 views • 2 months ago
Ahead of the AU Extraordinary Summit on Health, Ghana's Minister of Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has affirmed the nation's readiness to host African leaders in Accra on 21–22 July 2026. "Every infection we stop. Every mother we protect from a preventable death. Every disease we hold back. Every health system we build stronger these are the steps that carry Africa toward a fairer, healthier, and more sovereign future." The Summit will convene African leaders to fast-track progress on ending AIDS by 2030, cutting preventable maternal deaths, and strengthening resilient, sovereign health systems that deliver quality care to every African.
African Union15,620 views • 2 months ago
Did you know that one of Africa's key trade agreements goes beyond moving goods and also protects ideas? The Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to build a single African market that supports innovation. From a start-up’s new technology in Nairobi to a fashion brand in Dakar, a medical breakthrough in Cairo, or music from Lagos, the Protocol makes it easier to protect and commercialise intellectual property across Africa. The Protocol focuses on several key areas: 1. Aligning IP rules across African countries to lower barriers for innovators and businesses 2. Encouraging national IP offices and regional organisations to work together for better protection and enforcement 3. Helping innovators, researchers, creatives, and entrepreneurs secure patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, and geographical indications 4. Promoting technology transfer, research, investment, and innovation to support sustainable industry and growth For Africa's innovators, intellectual property is more than just a legal idea. It is an economic asset that turns ideas into businesses, creativity into jobs, and innovation into products and services that can compete across Africa and around the world. Read more here -
African Union12,814 views • 1 month ago
Africa’s next AU Youth Envoy will represent 1.4 billion people on a continent where 60% are under 25. This is a chance to shape dialogue, influence policy and keep Africa’s youth at the heart of AU work from climate & free movement to digital transformation & economic integration. Hear from young Africans first. Then apply. Deadline: 9 July
African Union15,749 views • 2 months ago
