April 02, 2019
Africa: Lecture Delivered By Dr Omobola Johnson - Digital Transformation of Africa - Hype or Reality?
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March 25, 2019
Africa: Launch of the Book On the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of ECA in Marrakech
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government of Morocco, launched this Monday, in Marrakech, Morocco, the book on the commemoration of the 60th… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: ECA Calls for Better Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) held on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
March 23, 2019
Africa: The Digital Transformation As a Tool for Inclusive Trade-Led Industrialisation in Africa
A side event themed, Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Industrialisation took place this Saturday in Marrakech, Morocco. The event had four panellists from… Read more »
Africa: Flagship Reports On African Regional Integration
African leaders have intensified their efforts to promote regional integration as evidenced by establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), ratifying the… Read more »
Africa: Assessing Inclusion and Human Rights Implications of Digital Trade
Digital trade offers an innovative tool for industrial leapfrogging and income convergence, and human rights can provide firm ground for a consistent policy framework and… Read more »
March 26, 2019
Africa: Com2019 Ends With African Governments Being Urged to Embrace Digital Transformation
The 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019) ended here on Tuesday with… Read more »
March 25, 2019
Africa: ECA's 52nd Session Opens With Calls for Investments and Productivity to African Leaders
- With a collective resolve, "Africa can raise the U$680 billion a year needed to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a decade," Vera Songwe - Executive… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: Com2019 - Private Sector Key to Improving Quality of Healthcare in Africa
The call for private sector involvement to improve Africa's health and economic growth grew louder in Marrakesh Sunday with a number of African Ministers and officials outlining… Read more »
March 04, 2019
Africa: UN and AU Leaders Give Merits to Joint Development Mechanism for Africa
The UN's Regional Coordination Mechanism to support the African Union and its programs (RCM-Africa) is all about upscaling efforts to get needed sustainable development results for… Read more »
March 23, 2019
Africa: Tax Reforms Could Yield African Countries $72 Billion in Extra Revenue - ECA Report
Arica could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually if comprehensive tax reforms are carried out, the Economic… Read more »
March 03, 2019
Africa: Africa Should Leverage Luxembourg Rail Protocol to Boost Transport Infrastructure
African States are losing out on massive opportunities to acquire railway transport vehicles at no financial cost go governments, but adherence to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol… Read more »
Africa: Tax Reform, Digitization Key to Financing Africa's Development - ECA Report
A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging… Read more »
March 23, 2019
Africa: Africa Should Adopt Pro-Poor Fiscal Policy to Meet Deadline for Development - ECA Report
African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income distribution and inequality, says the Economic… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: Infrastructure Worth Over a Billion Dollars Lost to Cyclone Idai, Says ECA Chief
Africa could have lost infrastructure worth more than a billion dollars following Cyclone Idai, the storm that battered Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Zimbabwe last week,… Read more »
March 03, 2019
Africa: Com 19 Calls for Concerted Efforts to Move to the Next Step of Regional Integration
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Morocco and COMESA call for a single strategy and commitment from all partners to ensure that regional integration moves into… Read more »
Africa: Time for the UN and African Union to Coherently Address Africa's Development Priorities
The African Union declared 2019 as a year of: "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa". A vision which… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: Smart Ways of Buying Africa's Railway Vehicles, Up for Debate At Com2019
An event to kick start solid arrangements for the innovative financing of railway vehicles that would ply the African Integrated High Speed Railway Network, one of the African… Read more »
Africa: ECA's 52nd Session to Highlight Requisite Place of Youths in Africa's Leap-Forward
The ongoing 52nd ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019), is opening up a decisive window to emphasize the important place of… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: ECA Support Requested for Stronger Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
March 25, 2019
Africa: Digital Transformation of Africa - Hype or Reality?
The 2019 Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture on the theme, "Digital Transformation of Africa: Hype or Reality", was delivered by Dr. Omobola Johnson, Former Minister of Communication… Read more »
March 23, 2019
Africa: Addressing root causes of conflicts key to sustainable development in Africa, says UN Deputy Chief
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 (ECA) – Africa cannot have sustainable development without sustaining peace, United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed said… Read more »
Africa: Favourable borrowing terms necessary for better African debt management, says ECA report
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries need to choose borrowing under more favourable conditions and rebalancing their fiscal policy framework to ensure… Read more »
Africa: Consider revising extractive industry agreements, ECA counsels African countries
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – Natural resource-rich African countries should consider revising existing agreements with multinational corporations operating in their… Read more »
Africa: Corruption still poses serious challenge to improved tax administration in Africa - ECA report
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – Increasing use of information technology is improving tax administration in Africa and moving it towards convergence with global… Read more »
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