June 30, 2017
Africa: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched, on this day… Read more »
July 01, 2017
Africa: Abdalla Hamdok Calls for Targeted Policy in Order to Harness Youth Potential
Getting the fundamentals right is the first step to harnessing Africa's demographic dividend and must be supported by targeted policy actions that foster investment in the youth.… Read more »
June 30, 2017
Africa: Raise Public Awareness As You Mainstream SDGs, ECA's Boko Urges Member States
Mainstreaming sustainable development goals into national development plans requires governments on the continent to build public awareness on the SDGs and their relevance to… Read more »
June 29, 2017
Africa: ECA Develops Toolkit to Help Member States Integrate Agendas 2030 and 2063
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is developing a toolkit that will help African countries develop an integrated approach in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable… Read more »
June 28, 2017
Africa: High Level Policy Dialogue Kicks Off in Abuja With ECA Recommitting to Strengthening Support for Africa
The High Level Policy Dialogue on development planning in Africa opened Wednesday in Abuja with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recommitting to strengthening its support… Read more »
June 27, 2017
Africa: All Is Set for Abuja High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
All is set for the High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa that opens in Abuja Wednesday with the aim of helping member States mainstream Sustainable… Read more »
June 01, 2017
Africa: ECA and AfDB Re-Commit to Advancing Africa's Development
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday met with the newly-appointed Senior Vice President of the African Development Bank… Read more »
June 09, 2017
Africa: Africa and Chile Eye Mutually Beneficial South-South Cooperation
There are benefits that mineral-endowed countries in Africa could accrue from intensifying their cooperation with Chile, the world's biggest copper producer and a country, which… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Endorse ECA's Programme of Work for 2018-2019
Representatives of African governments met in Addis Ababa recently and endorsed the ECA 2018-2019 programme of work. Read more »
June 19, 2017
Africa: African Countries Urged to Leverage Urbanization to Accelerate Industrialization
#x2010; With the right policy frameworks in place, urbanization can be used as a tool for boosting industrialization for greater prosperity, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: Cfta Modalities On Goods and Services Adopted in Niamey
The sixth meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) was held from the 5th to 10th of June 2017, in Niamey, Niger, followed by the third meeting of the… Read more »
June 16, 2017
Africa: African Economic Conference 2017 - Call for Papers
The African Economic Conference 2017 is jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme and will… Read more »
June 14, 2017
Africa: Experts Back Report On Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa
A two-day Experts' Group Meeting to validate a study on Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with participants endorsing the draft report as an… Read more »
June 02, 2017
Africa: Africa Aims to Learn From Chile's Success in Mining Sector
A delegation from the Government of Chile and the Chilean private sector, through the coordination of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), will arrive in Addis Ababa to… Read more »
June 08, 2017
Africa: Africa's Top Civil Servants Benefit From an Idep Course On Industrial Policy
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently hosted senior civil servants from 20 African countries for a course on Industrial Policy in Africa aimed… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: High Level Panel On Migration Launched With Liberia's Sirleaf As Chair
"Just last week, some forty young men and women died of thirst in the Sahara Desert, while trying to reach Europe. More than a thousand have perished in the Mediterranean Sea since… Read more »
Africa: ECA Mourns Passing of UNFPA's Babatunde Osotimehin
The Economic Commission for Africa joined the greater United Nations family Tuesday in mourning the sudden death of United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Babatunde… Read more »
June 02, 2017
Africa: Illicit Financial Flows Working Group Convenes Second Meeting in Kenya
(ECA) - The second meeting of the IFF Working Group (IWG) commenced in Nairobi Thursday with Souad Aden-Osman, Coordinator of the Secretariat of the High Level Panel (HLP) on… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: ERA 2017 Launched in Addis Ababa With Call On Africa to Link Urban and Industrial Development
The Economic Commission for Africa's flagship, the Economic Report on Africa 2017, was launched in Addis Ababa today with Deputy Executive Secretary, Giovanie Biha, calling on… Read more »
Africa: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Launch High Level Panel On Migration
On the margins of the forthcoming ECOWAS Heads of States Summit, a High-level Panel on International Migration in Africa will be launched on 6 June 2017 in Monrovia, Liberia, with… Read more »
May 29, 2017
Africa: Implementing Africa's Development Agenda - Experts to Convene in Seychelles to Review Baseline Report
Two years after the adoption of two significant development frameworks, experts from the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for African (UNECA),… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: ECA and FAO Inch Forward With Partnership Agreement
Representatives of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met in Addis Ababa on May 10, 2017 and agreed on a… Read more »
May 26, 2017
Africa: Abuja to Host High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
(ECA) - The Capacity Development Division of the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) will in June jointly host a High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa in… Read more »
Africa: Statistical Gaps Hampering Africa's Development Says ECA Official
Statistical gaps are hampering Africa's development and transformation, Bartholomew Armah of the Economic Commission for Africa's Renewal of Planning Section in the Macro-Economic… Read more »
May 03, 2017
Africa: African Chambers of Commerce Discuss Best Practices in Use of Single Windows in Enabling Cross Border Trade
The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI), in collaboration with the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), today concluded a two-day consultative meeting that… Read more »
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