Africa: Marrakech - ECA to Hold Event On Operationalizing the Global Compact On Migration in Africa Through Data and Research

The dearth of empirical data on African migration has resulted in programmatic and policy responses that are based on negative public perceptions rather than an understanding of… Read more »

Africa: At Closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, Economic Integration Is Seen As a Game-Changer Towards Achieving Inclusive Sustainable Development

Economic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable inclusive development and reduce multidimensional poverty… Read more »

Southern Africa: SMEs to Gain Priority At the 25th Ice of Southern Africa to Be Hosted By the Kingdom of Eswatini

The first Consultative Meeting of the Bureau of the 24th Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa met and resolved that the theme for the 25th ICE meeting… Read more »

Africa: UN Regional Commissions' Role in the Follow-Up and Review of the Global Compact On Migration to Be Showcased in Marrakech

UN Regional Economic Commissions will convene a panel discussion on, 'Regional priorities, opportunities, and challenges: Prospects for achieving the objectives of the Global… Read more »

Africa: AEC 2018 - Africa's Private Sector Can Be Major Driver for Regional Integration

Africa's growing and vibrant private sector can be a major driver of the regional integration across the continent, according to leading experts at the ongoing African Economic… Read more »

Africa: AGR-V Launched in Kigali - Emphasises Need to Improve Governance of Africa's Abundant Natural Resources

The fifth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR-V) was launched in discussed by delegates attending the 2018 African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday. Read more »

Africa: 2018 SDG Report Calls for Critical Investments in Urbanization

The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report calls on African governments to prioritize investments in water, sanitation and urbanization in order to leverage the health outcomes… Read more »

Africa: High-Level Panel On Migration Convenes Dialogue On African Perspectives in the Global Compact

The High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), will jointly convene a side event under the… Read more »

Africa: An External Peer Review Meeting On the Draft Economic Report On Africa 2019

An external peer review meeting on the draft Economic Report on Africa 2019 will be held on 10 and 11 December 2018 in United Nations Conference LBR from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Read more »

Africa: AEC 2018 - Africa Must Focus On Its Big Resource - Its Young People, Experts Urge

Professor Paul Collier, one of the world's most influential development economists, warns that Africa's "easy decade" of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Biha Urges Africa to Rally Behind Afcfta At African Economic Conference

Deputy Executive Secretary Giovanie Biha of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday issued an impassioned plea for countries that are yet to sign the historic African… Read more »

Africa: Executive Secretary Leads ECA in Marking International Day of Persons With Disabilities

The Economic Commission for Africa's management is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have the right support to access all services, technologies and systems at… Read more »

Africa: Experts Weigh in On New Strategy for Financing Africa's Infrastructure

A draft report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) titled, "Attracting Institutional Investors in Africa's Infrastructure," has undergone a thorough review… Read more »

Africa: Developing Urban Futures a Chance for Africa to Redesign Its Cities As Engines of Growth, Says Songwe

Africa needs to redesign its cities in a way that will create jobs for its growing youth population, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said… Read more »

Africa: Adopt Harmonised Land Policy, Experts Urge Members States

The two days Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting (AEGM) on the theme "Land, Identity and Socio-Economic Transformation in Southern Africa" has ended today with experts urging Member… Read more »

Africa: Launch of the 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report - Towards a Transformed and Resilient Continent

The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report: Towards a transformed and resilient continent was launched during the 12th Session of the Committee of Director-Generals of the… Read more »

Africa: Global Campaign launched for good treatment of children and adolescents with disabilities in Africa

Addis Ababa, 29 November 2018 (ECA) - A landmark event in Addis Ababa has called on African countries to  promote the rights and welfare of children and adolescents with… Read more »

Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence - November 25 - December 10, 2018

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international UNiTE advocacy campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. Read more »

Africa: Enable Access to Land for All Socio Classes - Says ECA's Adejumobi

Southern African countries have been urged to ensure regional frameworks on land are carefully interrogated to guarantee access for all social classes. The Economic Commission for… Read more »

Africa: Private Sector Urged to Invest in Africa's Transboundary Infrastructure Projects

A senior adviser on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Adeyinka Adeyemi, has assured private sector investors that… Read more »

Africa: Pida Week Ends With Calls On Africa to Accelerate Implementation of Game-Changing Infrastructure Projects

Addressing Africa's infrastructure gap remains an imperative that African governments should continue to take seriously if the continent is to realise the aspirations its people as… Read more »

Africa: Mauritania Iguide Now Available to Investors

- The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Pledges Continued Support for Africa's Blue Economy

In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic… Read more »

Africa: Weather Forecasting Experts Converge for a Write-Shop to Draft an African Regional Climate Outlook Forum Best Practices Document

More than 20 weather experts from across Africa met in Windhoek, Namibia from the 22-23 November to identify best practices in the African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOFs)… Read more »

Africa: ECA Presents New Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (Nua) in Africa to Local Authorities

-The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a session on the recently-produced Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda… Read more »