August 01

• East Africa: New Step to Enhance Regional Food and Nutrition Security [press release]

  All the regional economic communities and intergovernmental organizations in Eastern Africa have launched a new initiative aimed at enhancing cooperation in the area of food and... Read more »

July 30

• Chad: African Governance Report Validation Workshops Held in Tunisia and Chad

  The Economic Commission for Africa participated in the validation workshops of the 3 rd African Governance Report held in the past month in the Republic of Tunisia and the Republic... Read more »

July 29

• Africa: Evidence Shows Africa Stands to Benefit in a Renewed Trade Relationship With the U.S. [press release]

  September 30 2015 is the expiration date for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) bringing to an end, the defining characteristics of the trade and commercial relationship... Read more »

July 26

• Africa: Ethiopia Takes Steps to Derive Benefits From U.S.-Africa Trade Pact [press release]

  The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), enacted in May 2001, is a signature US trade initiative that provides Sub Saharan African Countries with a most liberal access to the... Read more »

• Africa: Addis Ababa to Host Population and Development Conference

  The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) will be held on 2-6 September 2013 at the United Nations Conference Centre, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

July 25

• Africa: Report On the Next Global Development Agenda to Be Launched in Addis Ababa [press release]

  The recently released report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda will be launched in Addis Ababa on 5 August 2013 by the UN Economic Commission for Africa... Read more »

• Africa: Small Island Developing States to Draw Attention to Climate Change Vulnerabilities [press release]

  The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States will be held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa, to be preceded by activities related to the conference... Read more »

• Africa: Africa's Agenda 2063 to Help Address the New Growth Challenges [press release]

  Amidst the new sense of optimism found in Africa's new natural resources discoveries, rapid urbanisation and increased regional integration, the tripartite partnership of the... Read more »

July 22

• Africa: Africa's Institutions Chart the Way Forward to Finance Africa's Infrastructure [press release]

  At the Roundtable on Financing Africa's infrastructure held on 19th July, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, alongside the heads of... Read more »

July 16

• Africa: African Regional Review Meeting On the Almaty Programme of Action Kicks Off in Addis Ababa [press release]

  The African Regional Review Meeting on the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action kicked off this morning at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. Read more »

July 15

• Nigeria: ECA Calls for Massive Industrialization in to Boost Jobs

  Nigeria and other resource-rich African countries must take advantage of current favourable prices of commodities to industrialize and diversify their economies so as to improve... Read more »

• Africa: African Governance Report 2013 Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa [press release]

  Co-published with Oxford University Press, this third edition of the African Governance Report (AGR III) adopts a thematic approach with the focus on Elections and the Management... Read more »

July 11

• Africa: Roundtable to Discuss Africa50fund and Other Financing Modalities [press release]

  A Roundtable on the theme, "Financing Africa's Transformation" is scheduled to take place in Tunis from 19-20 July. Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC), the UN Economic... Read more »

July 10

• Africa: Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala to Launch Africa Economic Report [press release]

  The 2013 Economic Report of Africa jointly produced by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) will be launched in Abuja on July 11. Read more »

July 09

• Africa: Tapping Into Global Value Chains Through Services [press release]

  A session on services and global value chains for Least Developed Countries at the ongoing Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade has underscored that in spite of being overlooked,... Read more »

• Cape Verde: Nation's Development Trajectory Stands Out At Aid for Trade Global Review [press release]

  In his remarks at a Round Table focusing on Cape Verde's economic success story, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Mr. Carlos Lopes, lauded the... Read more »

July 08

• Africa: Experts Stress Strong Political Will and Policy Coordination in Regional Aid for Trade Efforts

  A side event held at the ongoing Global Review of Aid for Trade was devoted to the analysis of Aid for Trade perspectives in Central and West Africa. The panel was organized by the... Read more »

• Africa: ECA Renews Cooperation Agreement to Enhance Africa's Participation in Global Trade

  The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance Trade‑Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) and... Read more »

• Africa: Connecting to Global Value Chains to Boost Intra-African Trade

  Moderating a roundtable on the theme, "Aid for Trade, value chains and intra-African Trade" at the ongoing Global Review of Aid for Trade, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of... Read more »

• Africa: Global Leaders Address Aid, Trade and the Post-2015 Development Agenda [press release]

  In a panel discussion on the post-2015 development agenda at the 4th Global Review of Aid for Trade in Geneva, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),... Read more »

• Africa: Diaspora and Private Sector Major Contributors to African Industrialization [press release]

  A lively discussion took place in London on the 1st of July after the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched the 2013 Economic Report on Africa (ERA). Read more »

July 05

• Africa: ECA Engages Member States in Geneva Ahead of Aid for Trade Global Review

  Ahead of the Aid for Trade Global Review, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today met with the African Group of Ambassadors in Geneva for an... Read more »

• Africa: Climate Scientists Prepare for Report Finish in Ethiopia [press release]

  235 Authors and Review Editors of Working Group III's contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report concluded their work on the... Read more »

July 01

• Africa: Climate Scientists Gather for Fourth Meeting in Addis Ababa

  Scientists from around the world comprising the lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III have commenced their fourth meeting that... Read more »

• Africa: Experts to Hold Meeting On International Migration and Development in Africa

  In partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa will hold a regional experts meeting on... Read more »