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The annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) provides a unique African-led platform for leaders across the continent to reflect on lessons learned in health and science and align on a way forward for creating more resilient health systems. Expanding the horizons of the c
Published: 03 Nov 2023 Type: Contest
The African Continental Free Trade Area - AfCFTA is the world’s largest free trade area bringing together the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and eight (8) Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The overall mandate of the AfCFTA is to create a single continental market with a population
Published: 19 Oct 2023 Type: Internship Study in: Ghana
As part of the efforts to advance the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda of the African Union (AU), the former Peace and Security Department (now the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department, PAPS), launched the Youth for Peace (Africa) Program (Y4P) in September 2018, with the primary o
Published: 10 Oct 2023 Type: Fellowship
Africa CDC has developed a continental African Epidemic Service (AES), an elite workforce hosted and directed by the African Union. The African Epidemic Service has three tracks namely, Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership and Public health informatics. The African Epidemic Service – Epidemiolo
Published: 12 Sep 2023 Type: Fellowship
The African Union (AU) Media Fellowship is a prestigious program that aims to empower African media professionals, journalists and content creators to promote development- focused stories using emerging technologies. The Information and Communication Directorate of the AU launched the AU Media Fello
Published: 26 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship
The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU YVC), established in 2010, is a flagship continental Youth Leadership program that recruits trains an deploys young African professionals from all 55 AU Member States to serve as professional volunteers for a period of 12 months. AU Values&nbs
Published: 22 Aug 2023 Type: Internship
African Union’s Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2032) is Africa’s first collective climate change action plan and strategy that details specific suggested actions the continent needs to urgently undertake to respond to climate change. The Stra
Published: 01 Aug 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Kenya
This fully funded training program is an initiative of the African Union CIEFFA and ImpactHer which aims to provide gender-responsive and cutting-edge curricula that can enhance the skills and capacities of African people in the areas of STEAM, digital literacy, financial literacy, and ent
Published: 24 Jul 2023 Type: Training
To ensure Africa is at the forefront of defining and telling its own narrative to African and global audiences, the Information and Communication Directorate (ICD) of the African Union (AU) launched the AU Media Fellowship as a transformative platform to shape the African story and create a more acc
Published: 14 Jul 2023 Type: Fellowship
The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education and training systems and reinforced the need for innovative solutions that are fit for purpose and can be scaled up sustainably to meet the continually evolving context of education and training. Although the education def
Published: 23 May 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs
The "Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa" (PRIDA) project is a joint initiative of the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), that enables the African continent to reap the benefits of digitalization by addressing va
Published: 17 May 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs
The AU Innovating Education in Africa Call invites innovators to propose new and practical education innovations with the potential for sustainability, scalability, and replication on a wide scale. They are looking to mobilize continental education innovators to rethink solutions that will help addr
Published: 09 May 2023 Type: Fellowship
The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education and training systems and reinforced the need for innovative solutions that are fit for purpose and can be scaled up sustainably to meet the continually evolving context of education and training. Although the education def
Published: 08 May 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs
The AU Youth Envoy and Austria National Youth Council have joined forces to establish a network of national and international youth champions to strengthen youth participation in reducing inequalities. This initiative seeks to establish a Youth Reference Committee of twenty-five (25) African an
Published: 21 Apr 2023 Type: Internship
The Africa CDC – Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Program is a continental workforce development program targeting national public health institutions and laboratories in the African Union Member States to improve the use of pathogen genomic data for outbreak detection and disea
Published: 06 Apr 2023 Type: Fellowship
The African Union Internship Program provides an opportunity for interns to complement their educational experience and to develop their professional skills and experience through The AU internship program is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic background
Published: 23 Feb 2023 Type: Internship Study in: Ethiopia
The African Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is charged with spearheading Africa’s rapid integration and sustainable development by promoting unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of Africa and African States as well as developing a Ne
Published: 22 Feb 2023 Type: Internship Study in: Ethiopia
Applications are open for the African Union Internship Programme 2023. The AU internship programme is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the AU. The programme aims to expo
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Internship
Three years ago on 14 February 2020 the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Africa. The African Union (AU) through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has taken unprecedented steps to support AU Member States efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2022, the ch
Published: 20 Feb 2023 Type: Internship
“Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme supporting aspirational public health leaders from Africa in acquiring advanced skills and competencies to strategize, manage and lead public health programmes that will transform public health in Africa The African Union Commission launched th
Published: 13 Dec 2022 Type: Fellowship
Civil society and young people play a crucial role in African countries in promoting public health and reaching communities. With African youth constituting over 65% of the continent’s population, their meaningful engagement has the potential of positively impacting Africa’s health secur
Published: 23 Nov 2022 Type: Fellowship
This initiative is in line with the African Union’s aspiration to build a people-centered community and achieve Agenda 2063 for shared prosperity and well-being, for unity and integration, for one continent. of free citizens and horizons where the potential of women and young people is fully r
Published: 11 Nov 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs
The AU internship program is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the AU. As an organization which promotes respect for diversity and team work, we encourage all qualified individua
Published: 10 Oct 2022 Type: Internship
This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary since the organization’s establishment at the Durban Summit of July 2002. Dubbed AU20, the celebrations are taking place under the theme “Our Africa, Our Future” and will focus on the AU’s initiatives, successe
Published: 20 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs
This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary since the organization’s establishment at the Durban Summit of July 2002. Dubbed AU20, the celebrations are taking place under the theme “Our Africa, Our Future” and will focus on the AU’s initiatives, successe
Published: 20 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Senegal
Food and nutrition security remains the most fundamental challenges to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Unfortunately, Africa is not on track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2. In order to help address this issue, a renewed focus is require
Published: 08 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs
The African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification will be convened under the theme “Industrialising Africa: Renewed commitment towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Economic Diversification.” The Summit will be convened as part of th
Published: 05 Sep 2022 Type: Contest
The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit for context, innovative and scalable solutions in education. DOTSS[1] provides an approach for reorienting Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge, co
Published: 17 Aug 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs
The African Union's International Center for Girls' and Women's Education in Africa (African Union CIEFFA) is a specialized institution of the African Union, established for the promotion and advocacy of gender equality in education on the continent. Within its stakeholders, the Afric
Published: 11 Aug 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs
In October 2002, at its 32nd Ordinary Session, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) adopted the Guidelines on the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (the “Robben Island Guidelines”)
Published: 15 Jun 2022 Type: Internship
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999). The main objectives of the OAU were to rid the continent of the remaining vestiges of colonisation and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity amongst African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and to promote international cooperation... read more
