Africa: Nordic Development Fund Teams Up With ECA and Partners On Unique Climate Resilience Facility

AFRI-RES, a unique facility to support climate proofing of Africa's long-lived infrastructure investments, was given significant impetus with the formal approval of funding of 5… Read more »

West Africa: The ECA and the National Assembly of Niger Undertake to Promote the Use of ICTs in the Ecowas Area

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework for… Read more »

Africa: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Scoping Meeting Kicks Off in Addis Ababa

Over 200 experts from about 60 countries are meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to draft the outline of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report… Read more »

Africa: Global Seabed Mining Experts to Discuss Potentials of Marine Resources

Global experts in seabed mining are gathering together in Kampala, Uganda from May 2 to 4 to discuss the potentials of marine resources in advancing the continental and global… Read more »

Africa: Africa Data Revolution Report

Drawing from the lessons of the MDGs, the SDG process recognized at the beginning that to achieve real sustainable development, we must “leave no one behind”. This was… Read more »

West Africa: Ad Hoc Experts' Group Meeting On the Common External Tariff and the Economic Partnership Agreements in the Ecowas Area

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising an Ad hoc Experts' Group… Read more »

Africa: ECA Hosts Workshop for Policymakers On IPCC Activities and Findings

The Economic Commission for Africa's African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) on Sunday hosted a workshop for policymakers on the activities and findings of the Intergovernmental Panel… Read more »

Africa: ECA Urges IPCC Findings to Support Africa's Quest for Structural Transformation

The Economic Commission for Africa's Director for the Special Initiatives Division(SID), Fatima Denton, says recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… Read more »

Africa: Global Seabed Mining Experts to Discuss Potentials of Marine Resources

Global experts in seabed mining are gathering together in Kampala, Uganda from May 2 to 4 to discuss the potentials of marine resources in advancing the continental and global… Read more »

Africa: 17 African Law Students Qualify for Final Round of 15th WTO Moot Court Competition

Seventeen African law students, including 9 women and 8 men, have qualified for the final oral round of the 15th European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on… Read more »

Africa: Switzerland Supports Renovation of Africa Hall

A Swiss delegation met on Friday with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdalla Hamdok, to discuss Switzerland's support for the Africa Hall… Read more »

Africa: Member States Urged to Adopt and Implement Youth-Friendly Policies

The 18th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) ended on 25 March 2017 in Dakar, with calls for stakeholders, including African governments, the UN,… Read more »

Africa: Vera Songwe Appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the… Read more »

North Africa: Nouakchott - ECA Takes Part in SDGs Follow-Up in the Maghreb

A delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA, Office for North Africa) embarked on a one week visit to Mauritania, to meet high level officials from the Ministries of… Read more »

Africa: Regional Industrialisation - When the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

Between 1992 and 2013, Uganda reduced the proportion of people living in poverty by over half and has registered a strong growth performance, accompanied by a rapid reduction in… Read more »

Africa: Holistic and Integrated Approaches to the Implementation of the SDGs and Agenda 2063

The Renewal of Planning Section (RPS) of the Macroeconomic Policy Division of ECA organized a side event on the margins of the 2017 African development week in Dakar, Senegal. Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches Second Generation of Its Country Profiles

(ECA) The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today launched the second generation of its Country Profiles, on the margins of the African Development Week which is underway in… Read more »

Africa: Brexit and Economic Deceleration in China Pose Risks for Africa's Growth Says ECA Director

Africa's economy is set to feel the effects of Brexit following Britain's formal trigger Wednesday of the two-year exit process from the European Union after last year's historic… Read more »

Africa: Tough Choices Have to Be Made for Africa to Sustainably Urbanize

The fast rate at which Africa is urbanizing - one of the fastest in the world - is giving African decision and policy makers an opportunity to rethink the urbanization path so far… Read more »

Africa: To Improve Investments, Africa Must Strengthen Policies and Regional Integration of Its Markets

Africa wants to create one the most attractive economic zones through a homogenised customs union and economic community but regulation and weak integration hinder investment… Read more »

Africa: Political Will Good but Not Enough to Unlock Africa's Land Potential

A recent assessment on investments in Africa's lands by the Land Policy Initiative indicate that US$4.5 billion will be needed over the next 10 years to fix some of the key… Read more »

Africa: Calls for Protectionism in the West Should Not Scare Africa, Says Abdalla Hamdok

Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdalla Hamdok, says there's no need for Africa to panic as sentiments of protectionism and populism grow… Read more »

Africa: Cities As Frontline for Tackling Aids in Africa

A panel discussion on ways of ending AIDS in Africa took place on Sunday in Dakar, Senegal, under the theme, "Ending the AIDS epidemic as an economic investment: Creating human… Read more »

Africa: Use Innovation and Technology to Drive Economic Transformation, UN General Assembly President Urges Africa

Africa should take advantage of innovation and technology and use them to drive sustainable development, infrastructure and industrialization, the President of the United Nations… Read more »

Africa: ECA Counsels Respect of Human Rights in Free Trade Agreements

We need to put people ahead of economic aggregates and focus on human rights, especially for the vulnerable when negotiating Africa's Continental Free Trade Area said David Luke on… Read more »