The African Union Commission is organizing the first ever Africa Urban Forum to be held in Addis Ababa at the Adwa Memorial Museum from 4 to 6 September 2024. 

The African Union Commission and its member-states established the Africa Urban Forum during the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization (AU-STC.No.8) held in Cairo, Egypt in August 2022. Urbanization on the African continent represents a megatrend. The main guiding framework for the Africa Urban Forum is the Harmonized Regional Framework for Implementing the New Urban Agenda, which was developed by the African Union, UN-Habitat and UNECA.