Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)

Africa Day - Side Event During the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), African Union (AU), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will co-organize an event – Africa Day – on the margins of the 2020 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

The Africa Day event will be held virtually on 16 July 2020 on the theme: “Leveraging Digital Technology in the Context of COVID-19: An Inclusive, Healthy, Resilient and Peaceful Africa”. Read more »
Africa Dialogues Series 2020: UN Special Adviser on Africa speaks on COVID-19 and Silencing the Guns in Africa

Two and a half years ago, OSAA launched the Africa Dialogue Series with two main objectives: promote policy discussions on issues of critical relevance to Africa; and ensure that Africa is high on the agenda of the United Nations (UN). Read more »

Recent Events

The Office is headed by Under-Secretary-General Bience GAWANAS, Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General.

The Africa women want | Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission

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."
Africa is home to 20 % of the world youth, and 75 % of the population on the continent is under the age of 35. Africa’s youth presents immense opportunities for the continent.
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.
The UN General Assembly reaffirmed its support to Africa in the new 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.