Africa: Investors Can Now Make Use of a New Online Guide to Mauritania

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: Africa Seeks to Make International Trade Cheaper, Faster and Easier At Addis Ababa Forum

African countries seeking to reduce the cost, time and complexity of interregional and international trade in goods and services will gather for the First African Forum for… Read more »

Africa: Let Us Make Africa's Infrastructure Competitive, Zimbabwean Minister Urges Continent At Pida Week

Africa needs to unite and work hard to reverse colonial infrastructure systems which promoted the extraction of profitable agricultural and mineral wealth for export at the expense… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Soteri Urges African Countries to Sign the Luxembourg Protocol

Railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the continent's sustainable development agenda, Soteri Gatera, Chief of… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Infrastructure Deficit Under Spotlight As Pida Week 2018 Opens in Victoria Falls

The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week 2018 opened in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Monday with a media breakfast that brought together journalists,… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Partners Meet for Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi

The two-day event kicks off on 26 November with focus on the priorities and challenges of establishing a sustainable blue economy and its contribution to the implementation of the… Read more »

Africa: ECA Urges Local Authorities to Harness Economic and Social Transitions for Sustainable Development

Local governments have a tremendous opportunity to engage, own and translate Africa's macroeconomic and social transitions into their own development strategies, said Lilia Hachem… Read more »

Africa: Retreat of the Idep Technical Advisory Committee

From 31 October to 01 November 2018, the IDEP Technical Advisory Committee retreat was held in Dakar (Senegal) on the review of IDEP's training activities and research program. The… Read more »

West Africa: The ECA and Its Partners Meet to Improve On the Implementation of the Centre of Excellence in Demographic Dynamics for Development in West Africa

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) is organizing, starting today at the National School of Statistics and… Read more »

Africa: East African Countries Agree to Strenghten Regional Integration Through the Continental Free Trade Area

Kigali, Rwanda, 22 November - Representatives of 14 countries in East Africa have agreed that the African Continental Free Trade Area, the AfCFTA, represents a unique opportunity… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Protocol On the Free Movement of People Under Spotlight At ECA Meeting

Africa needs a major mindset change so it can tear down the physical and mental borders imposed during colonial times so citizens can embrace each other for the betterment of the… Read more »

Africa: ECA Supports Member States Develop Afcfta Implementation Strategies, Says Biha

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working with member States on the continent to ensure they make the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) a reality, says Deputy… Read more »

Africa: Continent Free Trade Area Should Help Close Gender Equality Gaps in Africa

The signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in March 2018 in Kigali set the stage for the integration of the African continent into a single market. Read more »

Africa: Rwanda's Finance Minister Calls On Africa to Speedily Ratify Continental Free Trade Agreement

The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (ICE 2018) opened in Kigali Tuesday with Rwanda's Finance and Economic… Read more »

Africa: It's Time to Implement the Afcfta to Stimulate Economic Transformation in Africa

Kigali, Rwanda, 20 November (ECA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, could boost regional trade and industrialization, especially in East Africa. Effective… Read more »

Africa: Experts converge to review report on African migration

Addis Ababa, 19 November 2018 (ECA) - Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) met in Addis Ababa on 19 November to review a report that aims to buttress… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Partners to Establish Continent-Wide Digital Identities

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa. The partnership, will go towards… Read more »

Africa: Omidyar, ECA Announce Partnership to Establish Continent-Wide Digital Identities

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Foundation have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa. The partnership, which comes with… Read more »

Africa: Qualified Human Capital, Key Factor for International Market Integration and Inclusive Growth

The key role of human capital in the growth of Developing and Emerging Countries (DEC) within the current, transforming, global context is at the heart of discussions at the 12th… Read more »

Africa: ECA to Launch Campaign Targeting Violence Against Children and Adolescents With Disabilities

The Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) of the Economic Commission for Africa is co-organizing the launch of a global campaign for the "Good Treatment of Girls, Boys and… Read more »

Africa: ECA and AUC to Host High-Level Digital Identification Meeting in Addis Ababa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) will on Sunday convene a high-level meeting on the need for Africa to embark on a digital… Read more »

Africa: Countdown to Cop24 - ECA Supporting Member States At Every Level, Says Murombedzi

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), is fully committed to supporting member States in their efforts to implement their… Read more »

Africa: Experts Meet to Set the Stage for Afcfta Phase II Negotiations

A meeting of experts was hosted by the African Union Commission (AUC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) from… Read more »

Africa: Forthcoming African Governance Report to Tackle Institutional Architecture to Address Iffs From Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will assemble a group of experts this week in Addis Ababa for a discussion on how to enrich and shape the forthcoming sixth edition of the… Read more »

Africa: African Trade Agreement - Catalyst for Growth

Africa is growing, but not fast enough. In order for more than 400 million Africans to rise out of poverty, continued economic growth across Africa's 54 nations will have to… Read more »