April 04, 2016
Africa: Africa Must Harmonize Its National Plans With Agendas 2063 and 2030
Meeting at the Headquarters of the ECA on the sidelines of the African Development Week, African leaders and senior officials of the United Nations have just appealed for coherent… Read more »
Africa: Okonjo-Iweala Urges Africa to Invest in Vaccinations As Gateway to Health and Prosperity
The African Development Week continued in Addis Ababa Monday with former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, now chairperson of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,… Read more »
April 02, 2016
Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology, Regional Integration Report Advises
To foster an inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal to which they should aspire. Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Africa's Pharmaceutical Industry Needs Incentives
Africa's pharmaceutical industry hardly accounts for 2 per cent of the world's market of medicines but good incentives, innovation and proper regulation could give it a good boost,… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: Reformed Macroeconomic Frameworks & Structural Transformation, a Matter for Survival
The Economic Commission for Africa organized, Sunday 3 April in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), a high level meeting on macroeconomic frameworks and their role in the structural… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Do What You Are Good At, Renowned Economist Chang Advises Africa On Development
"Countries can decide their development path. Countries become good at things because they want to excel at making those particular things," renowned Development Economist Mr.… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: Urban Planning for African Development
Rapid urbanisation across Africa presents an opportunity for increased industrialisation and development on the continent, but governments will need plans and integrated strategies… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Africa's Media and Arts Contributing to Continent's Development
The Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday convened a conversation with some of Africa's best thought leaders in the arts and media sectors to discuss their persepectives on the… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: Experts to Engage Ministers On Development Agendas, Statistics and Migration
The Expert's segment of the Conference of Ministers concluded late Sunday with a range of recommendations around priority issues to be tabled on Monday and Tuesday at a Ministerial… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Africa Making Steady Progress Despite Strong Global Headwinds
Africa continues to grow despite strong global headwinds, thanks to improvements in economic governance, among other factors, Director Adam Elhiraika of the Macroeconomic Policy… Read more »
Africa: ECA Launches a Policy Handbook to Guide Africa's Blue Economy Initiative
In its Africa's Blue Economy Policy Handbook that was launched at the inaugural African Development week, the UN economic Commission for Africa (ECA) proposes a roadmap to harness… Read more »
Africa: Financing Africa's Pharmaceutical Industry
On the fringe of the African Development Week, the Economic Commission for Africa organized, on 3 April 2016 in Addis Ababa, from 11:30 a.m. to 13:30 p.m., in Conference Room 6, a… Read more »
Africa: ECA Launches 2016 Economic Report On Africa With Emphasis On Green, Inclusive Industrialization
The Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday launched its flagship Economic Report on Africa 2016 with the ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary, Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, saying as a… Read more »
April 02, 2016
Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology
The report, Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII: Innovation, Competitiveness and Regional Integration (ARIA VII) launched on Saturday during the African Development Week… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: ECA Launches Much-Awaited Country Profiles Amid Plaudits From Member States
The UN Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday launched comprehensive and analytical profiles of 20 African countries in its bid to help the continent's leaders in their planning… Read more »
April 02, 2016
Africa: New Types of Bilateral Investment Agreements Offer Africa a Chance for Meaningful Investments
To attract investments, African countries have signed numerous Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Double Taxation Treaties (DTT) in the hope of improving their economies. Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: African States Urged to Prioritise Vaccination
A group of eminent African politicians and medical experts attending sessions of the inaugural African Development week in the Ethiopian capital, have made a fervent appeal to… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Open Conference With Encouraging Messages on Economic Transformation
“Our future rests in our hands,” declared Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference of… Read more »
Africa: Bridging the Gap Between Urbanisation and Economic Growth
Rapid urbanisation across Africa presents an opportunity for increased industrialisation and development on the continent, but governments will need plans and integrated strategies… Read more »
April 03, 2016
Africa: Renowed Economist Ha-Joon Chang Reiterates Call for Industrialisation as an Imperative for Africa's Transformation at the African Development Week
The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture was delivered by prominent economist, Ha-Joon Chang on Sunday at the UN Convention Centre in Addis Ababa during the African Development Week. Read more »
April 02, 2016
Africa: Greening Africa Faces Financing Conundrum
Climate change is at the heart of the matter and Africa and the world must make it a matter of the heart. Read more »
Africa: Rethinking How We Measure Corruption
Since the 1990s, perception-based measures have been influential in determining levels of corruption on the continent. The fourth Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African… Read more »
Africa: Migration is an Opportunity for Africa, If Managed Properly
Africans are among the most mobile people on earth. 31 million people from the continent have migrated to various parts of the world, including many African countries. Some people… Read more »
Africa: ECA Regional Integration Report Calls for Greater Focus on Human Capital, Science and Technology
Most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal which they should all aspire to, in order to foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. Read more »
Africa: Migration in Africa - Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
On the sidelines of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa organized on 2 April 2016, a side event… Read more »