15 Flagship Projects
High-impact, continent-wide initiatives designed to fast-track Agenda 2063, from trade and transport to energy, education and culture.
Integrated High Speed Train Network
The Integrated High Speed Train Network aims to connect all 55 African capitals and major commercial…
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
AfCFTA, signed by 54 of 55 AU member states and ratified by over 47, began preferential trading in 2…
The African Passport and Free Movement of People
The African Passport and Free Movement Protocol has been signed by 32 AU member states but ratified …
Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM)
The Single African Air Transport Market had secured commitments from 38 AU member states by early 20…
Silencing the Guns
Silencing the Guns had its 2020 deadline extended to 2030, but a 2025 mid-term review found armed co…
Grand Inga Dam Project
The Grand Inga Dam on the Congo River, with a full potential of 43,200 MW, received a World Bank USD…
Pan-African E-Network
The Pan-African E-Network has evolved from its original India-funded satellite model into the AU's D…
African Outer Space Strategy
The African Space Agency (AfSA) was inaugurated in April 2025 at Egypt Space City in New Cairo, prov…
African Virtual and E-University
The Pan African Virtual and E-University (PAVEU), launched in December 2019 and hosted in Yaounde, C…
Cyber Security
The AU Cyber Security flagship is anchored by the Malabo Convention, which entered into force in Jun…
Great African Museum
The Great African Museum inaugurated a temporary site in Algiers in June 2023 while the search for a…
Encyclopaedia Africana
The Encyclopaedia Africana, originally conceived by Kwame Nkrumah and W.E.B. DuBois in 1962 and revi…
African Commodities Strategy
The African Commodities Strategy, led by AUDA-NEPAD, aims to transform Africa from a raw commodity e…
Continental Financial Institutions
The Continental Financial Institutions flagship, covering the African Investment Bank, African Monet…
Annual African Economic Platform
The Annual African Economic Platform (AAEP), inaugurated in Port Louis, Mauritius in 2017, is the AU…