December 03, 2015
Africa: Water Takes Centre Stage At Paris Climate Negotiations
ClimDev-Africa) - The Executive Secretary of the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW), Mr. Bai Mass Taal, has welcomed the central position that water has taken in the… Read more »
December 06, 2015
Africa: Adapting Central Africa's Agriculture to Climate Change, Costly - Experts
Douala, 5 Dec. 2015 (ECA) - The adaptation of agriculture to climate change in Central Africa is a costly undertaking, which requires the mobilisation of important human and… Read more »
December 05, 2015
Africa: Experts Debate Customs Procedures in Casablanca
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) organized, in partnership with the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: Applause for ACPC Findings On Africa's Role in Climate Negotiations
Key findings on Africa's role in the global climate negotiations were greeted with cheers in the Africa Pavilion at the Paris climate talks yesterday as Mr. Carlos Lopes the… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Africa Is the Continent of Now, Says Mme Zuma of the African Union Commission
Africa is not only the continent of the future, but mostly the continent of now, Madame Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma President of the Commission of the African Union told thousands of… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: The Africa Pavilion at COP21 Officially Opens on a High Note
Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris. Speaking at the high level… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: The Africa Pavilion At Cop21 Officially Opens On a High Note
Joint ECA,AUC,AfDB Press Release) - Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: Carlos Lopes On Africa's Course in the Climate Negotiations
ClimDev-Africa) - "Africa has played a key role in global climate negotiations. Since 2006, the African group of negotiators working hard, but it must find ways to strengthen its… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Africa Pavilion Inaugurated to Amplify Cop21
"Africa, came to amplify and light up COP21. It is the continent of the future, it is the continent of opportunities." Through this statement, Boni Yayi, President of the Republic… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Commend ECA Climate Change Work At Cop 21 Africa Pavilion
The President of Benin, Boni Yayi, today praised the intellectual leadership role that Mr. Carlos Lopes and his team at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: CRVS Digitization Guidebook Launched
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Digitization Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Digitizing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Processes in Low Resource Settings was… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Prioritize Local Adaptation
An appeal has been launched at COP 21, during a session on financing of adaptation to climate change in Africa organized by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) - Review of the Study On "Corruption in Local Governance in Africa"
The ECA's Macroeconomic Policy Division (MPD) is organizing an AEGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday December 4th 2015, in order to review the draft study on corruption in local… Read more »
November 30, 2015
Africa: ECA Advises Africa to Boost Trade Within to Achieve Industrialisation
The Economic Commission for Africa says intra-continental trade presents a great opportunity for the continent to improve its industrialisation drive. Africa should start… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Why Africa Should Care about the Paris Climate Agreement?
The stakes are high for Africa at the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, as the outcome will have… Read more »
November 30, 2015
Africa: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in Central Africa
Convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a panel of about 30 experts will meet from 2 - 4 December 2015 in Douala, Cameroon, to build their capacity to… Read more »
Africa: Carlos Lopes Says Paris Climate Agreement Should Aim to Save Lives
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said that unless climate negotiators and governments begin to put faces and people behind the statistics on… Read more »
November 09, 2015
Africa: Africa Can Reduce Poverty, Food Insecurity Through Transforming Agriculture
"African agriculture is in urgent need of an upgrade and fast-track into 21st century productivity," said Mr. Adam Elhiraika, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division at the… Read more »
November 07, 2015
Africa: Africa & China - More FDI Needed to Boost Exchange
China is Africa's first trade partner but ranks behind the United States, European countries and India when it comes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa, said ECA… Read more »
November 04, 2015
Africa: UN in Addis Ababa to Hoist Palestine Flag During Solidarity Day
Two months after the 102nd meeting of the 69th General Assembly meeting, where a vote on the raising of flags by non-member observer States at the United Nations was passed,… Read more »
November 08, 2015
Africa: ECA Launches African Statistical Community
"The importance of statistics in our work and in addressing development challenges in our communities cannot be overstated," says Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, the Deputy Executive Secretary… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Lopes to Discuss New African-Chinese Paradigm in Marrakech
ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes will visit Morocco on 24-27 November, to take part in the 2015 Sino-African Entrepreneurs Summit and meet several Moroccan ministers and high… Read more »
November 06, 2015
Africa: Regional Committee to Discuss Africa's Economic Integration
Despite growth during the past decade and relatively good performance, African economies lackindustrialisation and integration. Academic evidence from the Economic Commission for… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: African Institute for Economic Development and Planning and the University of Johannesburg Launch Call for Industrial Policy Course
A joint initiative by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the University of Johannesburg has opened calls for applications and nominations for a… Read more »
November 23, 2015
Africa: Development Effectiveness Launched
The eighth edition of Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness (MRDE) Report was launched jointly with the Africa Competitiveness Report 2015 on 3rd November 2015 at the 10th… Read more »