One continent.
One consolidated
body of knowledge.
The official research, policy, data, and decision archive of the African Union — connecting 55 member states, eight Regional Economic Communities, and the Agenda 2063 programme into a single, citable source.
The unified home of the AU Archives, Digital Library, Knowledge Sharing Platform and Institutional Repository.
Find What Matters
to Africa
Four institutions.
One unified archive.
The AU Knowledge Platform consolidates the continent's most significant knowledge institutions into a single, searchable, citable source.
AU Archives
Historical records and institutional memory from the OAU era to the present. Primary sources, resolutions, and summit documentation.
AU Digital Library
50,000+ volumes, 150 journals and 100,000s of e-articles. Includes JSTOR, AJOL and HINARI database access.
Knowledge Sharing Platform
Policy documents, research outputs and member state submissions. The AU's working archive for evidence-based decisions.
Institutional Repository
FAIR data principles, DOI-enabled persistent identifiers, and open-access research outputs from AU organs and member states.
Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want
Organised by the continent's
defining priorities.
Agenda 2063 — The Africa We Want
AfCFTA & Continental Trade
Peace, Security & Governance
Climate & Resilience
Health & Africa CDC
Science, Technology & Innovation
The founding documents
of continental integration.
Hand-curated sets of the most consequential AU documents — the agreements, frameworks and decisions that shape the continent.
Agenda 2063 Blueprint Collection
The foundational blueprints, implementation plans and aspirational frameworks of the AU's 50-year development vision.
Trade ArchitectureAfCFTA Trade Architecture
Agreements, protocols, annexes and decisions establishing and governing the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Council ReportsAU Peace & Security Council
Decisions, communiqués and press statements from the African Union's premier peace and security decision-making organ.
Latest additions to
the archive.
The archive is being populated.
Member states, AU organs and partner institutions are invited to submit documents.
Contribute to Africa's collective knowledge.
AU Member States, organs, regional economic communities and partner institutions are invited to submit documents, datasets and research.
Institutions, member states and RECs: submit your documents to build Africa's collective knowledge base. All submissions receive a DOI and become permanently citable.