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In case you missed it With over 70% of Africans under 35, young innovators are designing bold solutions for climate change, health, digital inclusion, and industrialization. Last week, the @AU Women Gender & Youth Directorate hosted the African Union Innovation Festival 2025 (InnoFest’25) in Addis Ababa under the theme “Repositioning the African Union for Youth-Centered Innovation Leadership.” The InnoFest’25 brought together policymakers, start-ups, and development partners to celebrate creativity, strengthen collaboration, and spotlight initiatives like the AU Start-up Act Model Law, the Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa (2020–2030), and the Continental AI Strategy all building a digitally empowered and innovative Africa. Key Highlight | 18 AU Digital & Innovation Fellows from 10 African countries successfully completed their one-year placements across eleven AU departments and organs co-developing digital tools and systems that enhance efficiency and service delivery across the institution. Their achievements exemplify how Africa’s young talent is powering digital transformation from within, driving innovation, and advancing the AU’s modernization agenda.

Africa’s biodiversity is our greatest natural wealth sustaining food systems, livelihoods, and climate resilience for over a billion people. Protecting it means safeguarding our future prosperity, cultural heritage, and ecosystems that sustain life. At Africa Biodiversity Summit #ABS2025, leaders, scientists & communities are coming together to forge a unified path for restoring ecosystems, investing in nature-based solutions, and ensuring biodiversity drives sustainable development across the continent. Get more information here https://lnkd.in/dGmxqhp5

The  Luanda Financing Summit (LFS2025) concluded successfully, marking a major step forward in advancing Africa’s infrastructure and economic transformation agenda. The Summit recorded the launch of a $1.5 billion fund to support 69 priority infrastructure projects and secured a total of $160 billion in new commitments from governments, The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI) – The Africa Club , private investors, and regional partners. Leaders and stakeholders adopted the Luanda Declaration on Financing Africa’s Infrastructure Development, reaffirming Africa’s determination to accelerate integration and inclusive growth through #domesticresourcemobilization, innovative financing instruments, and strategic investments in Agenda 2063 flagship programmes, including the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), the African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM), the Continental Commodities and Manufacturing Platform (CMP), the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), and the African Integrated High-Speed Rail Network (AIRN). The Declaration emphasized the need to strengthen Africa’s financial architecture, deepen regional capital markets, and enhance public-private collaboration to close the continent’s infrastructure financing gap. Stay tuned for the final declaration

PRESS RELEASES African Union Commissioner outlines US$30 Billion Infrastructure Investment Plan at Luanda Summit, Prioritizing #SAATM Modernization. #Agenda2063 Read more here https://lnkd.in/d-aXr4UR

At the III Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), highlights the importance of African-led development and partnerships aligned with the continent’s priorities. @_AfricanUnion @PIDA_Africa African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

Goodwill Statement delivered by H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, at the Afreximbank Investiture held in the New Capital, Cairo — 25 October 2025. Read full speech here https://lnkd.in/dXz8Vhnj

We’re live from Luanda for the III Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development. Watch the sessions in real time https://lnkd.in/dA9CYybF

In Case You Missed It - AU Showcased Youth Innovation and ‘Made in Africa’ Products at #IATF2025 The African Union took center stage at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025, celebrating Africa’s creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation under the theme “Made in Africa – A Mark of Origin, a Symbol of Dignity and Pride.” From 63 youth-led start-ups to 50+ women-owned MSMEs featured through the African Women in Processing (AWIP) platform, the AU Pavilion highlighted the power of Africa’s innovators and entrepreneurs in driving intra-African trade and industrialization. #IATF2025 closed with $48.3 billion in trade and investment deals, reaffirming Africa’s growing role in global trade and economic transformation. h Read the full press release to learn more about AU’s highlights and impact at #IATF2025 https://lnkd.in/d7FsyH2r

Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Passing of H.E. Raila Amolo Odinga. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has learned with profound sadness of the passing of H.E. Raila Amolo Odinga, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, and a distinguished statesman of the African continent. On behalf of the African Union, its organs and institutions, the Chairperson extends his deepest condolences to the Odinga family, the Government and people of Kenya, and to the entire African family mourning this immense loss. Full statement https://lnkd.in/dXNK7wwR

African Union Welcomes the Signing of a Ceasefire Verification Mechanism for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read and download https://lnkd.in/dKcN9-gR