Recent Events
Women and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: The impact of entrepreneurial education on development (13 June 2016)
Briefing for Francophone Africa police (16 & 27 June 2016)
About Us
The Office is headed by Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa.
Publications
Infrastructure and Development Within the Context of Africa's Cooperation with New and Emerging Development Partners (OSAA-NEPAD, 2015)
Microfinance in Africa
Overview and Suggestions for Action by Stakeholders (OSAA, 2015)Africa's Decade of Change
Reflections on 10 Years of NEPAD (NEPAD, ECA, OSAA, 2013)Economic Diversification in Africa - A Review of Selected Countries (OECD, OSAA, NEPAD, 2011)
Africa's Cooperation with New and Emerging Development Partners: Options for Africa's Development (OSAA, 2010)
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News
- 28 July 2016 Security Council urges cooperation among countries in West Africa and the Sahel to tackle Boko Haram
- 28 July 2016 At Security Council, Ban cites shared responsibility to ‘nurture seeds of peace and prosperity’ in Africa
- 28 July 2016 With planting season weeks away, millions in drought-hit southern Africa need support – UN
Videos
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Africa in Transformation
Agenda 2063 is a vision for Africa by Africans for "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena."
Women and girls are driving the progress towards economic, environmental, socio-cultural, political, scientific and technological goals in Africa.
The Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI) will be held on 27 & 28 August 2016 in Nairobi. Learn more about OSAA at TICAD-VI.On 22 April 2016, 175 parties signed the Paris Agreement. The Agreement is critical for Africa's efforts to mitigate climate change and adapt to the impact of climate variability.
The UN General Assembly reaffirmed its support to Africa in the new 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.