June 11, 2018
Africa: African Countries Urged to Support and Grow Local Investors and Entrepreneurs
African countries have been challenged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs to counter the fickleness of international investment flows. The Economic Commission… Read more »
June 08, 2018
Africa: ECA Supports Comoros to Implement Its National Energy Strategy
Through its office for Eastern Africa, the UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the government of the Union of Comoros and with the Stockholm Environment… Read more »
June 06, 2018
Africa: Russian Language Day Celebrated At the ECA
The UN Russian Language Day celebration was held at the ECA Conference Centre on June 6. United Nations staff, representatives of the Russian Embassy, the Russian Centre for… Read more »
June 07, 2018
Africa: Policy Dialogue Focuses On the Right to Food
A high-level policy dialogue on "Gender, Land and Agricultural Commercialization and the Right to Food: Towards Effective Policies and Equitable and Sustainable Livelihoods," took… Read more »
Africa: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Projected At 3.4 Percent in 2018
Sub-Sharan Africa is experiencing a modest growth uptick, and about two-thirds of countries in the region reportedly saw accelerated growth over the past year. This was disclosed… Read more »
June 04, 2018
Africa: Ministers of Trade Chart the Next Two Phases of the African Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations
The 6th Meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) concluded today in Dakar, Senegal after two days of deliberation. The meeting was preceded by the 11th meeting of the… Read more »
June 06, 2018
Africa: Experts and Anti-Corruption Chiefs to Deliberate On Corruption and the Challenge of Economic Transformation in Southern Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) in partnership with the African Union, Southern Africa Office (AU-SARO) are organising two major anti-corruption… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Private Sector Development As a Driver of Regional Integration in Southern Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with the African Union Southern Africa Regional Office (AU-SARO) and Africa Business Group… Read more »
Africa: ECA Chief, Songwe, Calls for Scaling Up of African Innovation
- The 2018 Africa Innovation Summit kicked off with a call to governments and entrepreneurs to scale up the innovation on the continent to greater heights. Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon to Systematically Fit Urbanization Indicators Into Its Development Plans
"As African countries seek to achieve inclusive economic growth to combat poverty, unemployment, inequality and informality, among other challenges, it is imperative that their… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Prof. Bhorat Delivers Lecture On Economic Growth and Inequality in Africa
As part of activities marking the two-day Expert Group Meeting (EGM) and Policy Forum on "Poverty, Inequality and Jobs in Africa," which started on 6 June in Addis Ababa, a keynote… Read more »
Africa: Experts Explore Interlinkages Between Poverty, Inequality, and Jobs in Africa
The strong economic growth witnessed in many countries across Africa in recent years has only had a marginal impact on poverty, said Sarah Sinha, Chief of the Employment and Social… Read more »
June 05, 2018
Africa: Stakeholders At Work to Mainstream Urbanization in Cameroon's Development Planning
ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) - Experts are at work to thread together Cameroon's action plan for optimally integrating urbanization concerns into the country's National Development… Read more »
May 18, 2018
Africa: Africa Can Tap Into Ireland's Experiences As It Moves Towards Implementing Afcfta
The 51st session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has come and gone but memorable speeches that sought to egg Africa on towards… Read more »
May 31, 2018
Africa: Africa Needs to Increase Access to Internet If Digital Trade Is to Be Meaningful, Says Vera Songwe
A two-day conference on "Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights", opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with a high level panel discussion on the importance… Read more »
Africa: Digital Trade in Africa Under Spotlight in Addis Ababa Conference
A two-day conference on "Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights", opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with a high level panel discussion on the importance… Read more »
May 30, 2018
Africa: Expert Group Meeting for the 2018 Sustainable Development in Africa Report
Dates: 28 May to 1 June 2018 Read more »
May 09, 2018
Africa: Panel Lays Out Agenda for African Migration Policies
As part of their two-day consultations towards the contribution of the High-Level Panel on Migration (HLPM) to the African migration discourse, the Panel Members shared… Read more »
May 08, 2018
Africa: High-Level Panel Calls for New Narrative On African Migration
A two-day meeting of the High-Level Panel on Migration for Africa (HLPM) kicked off on 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting aims to develop recommendations to help build… Read more »
May 05, 2018
Africa: Now Is the Time for Quality Economic Diversification in Cameroon
- The Douala Consensus, a call by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for the rapid diversification and industrialization of economies of Central African countries,… Read more »
May 03, 2018
Cameroon: New Profile By ECA Urges Cameroon to Step Up Manufacturing and Reduce Social Inequalities
- Despite its laudable development plans as well as the rising level of transformation of its local products, Cameroon still has big gaps to plug in terms of the structural… Read more »
Africa: High-Level Panel Meeting On Migration Set for Geneva
Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) headed by former Liberian President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - will converge in Geneva from 28 to 29 May to advance… Read more »
May 23, 2018
Nigeria: The Federal Republic of Nigeria, ECA and Unctad Launch Electronic Portal for Investors
The Nigerian iGuide, an online investment portal, was officially launched in the presence of public officials, private sector representatives and journalists on 17 May 2018 in… Read more »
May 22, 2018
Africa: Consultations On Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit and Policy Modeling Towards Greater Effectiveness
Dates: 21 to 25 May 2018 Read more »
May 01, 2018
Africa: Exploring Digital Trade and Human Rights Under the Afcfta
Digital trade within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be at the centre of discussions during an upcoming conference dubbed "Digital Trade in… Read more »