December 03, 2016
Africa: Experts Held Discussions On Entrepreneurship in Africa
On 13 December 2016, the Finance and Private Sector Section of the Macroeconomic policy Division of UNECA organized an Experts Group Meeting at UNCC in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: How Policy Implementation Can Drive Africa's Agro-Allied Industry
Implementation of existing policies and strategies by African countries are essential to develop Africa's agro-allied industry, Ayodele Odusola, Chief Economist and Head of the… Read more »
December 16, 2016
Africa: Policy Convergence Can Catalyse Central Africa's Transport Interconnection
Brazzaville, 15 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - Central Africa's transport interconnection problems are not a result of lack of expertise across countries but rather a manifestation of… Read more »
December 05, 2016
Africa: ECA and NEPAD Launch an Investors' Guide for Infrastructures in Africa
International experts, ambassadors, high officials and entrepreneurs gathered today in Dakar for the launch of "16 infrastructure projects for African integration". Read more »
December 15, 2016
Africa: African Least Developed Countries Need Greater 'Momentum' to Graduate From LDC Status
Kigali 15 December (ECA)- After several years of resilience following the global financial crisis, economic growth in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has declined sharply… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin Addresses Issues of Globalization and Inequality
On Day 1 of the 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, Prof. Eric Maskin of Harvard University and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics made a short… Read more »
December 04, 2016
Africa: Dakar to Host the 2017 Joint ECA-AU Annual Ministerial Conference
Preparations are underway for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to be held in Dakar,… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: Is There a Future for Smallholder Farmers in Africa?
Participants at the 2016 African Economic Conference think there is future for smallholder farmers on the continent. They think African countries can use build upon the Green… Read more »
December 14, 2016
Africa: ECA and ECCAS Deepen Collaboration
Libreville, Gabon, 14 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - The Secretariat General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through… Read more »
Africa: Mining and Development in Central Africa - Much Still to Be Done
Brazzaville, 14 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - In spite of the efforts deployed by countries in Central Africa to incorporate the objectives of the African Mining Vision (AMV) into national… Read more »
December 10, 2016
Africa: Senegal, ECA and NEPAD to Launch Infrastructure Investment Tool in Dakar
A global tool designed to increase private sector investment in Africa's transboundary infrastructure will be unveiled in Dakar on 15 December at the King Fahd Hotel. Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: ECA to Host Open Data Session At First UN World Data Forum in Cape Town
The Economic Commission for Africa is organising an Open Data side event at the first ever United Nations World Data Forum, that will be held in South Africa in January, to help… Read more »
November 29, 2016
Africa: Africa Trade Week 2016 Theme: Continental Free Trade Area and Trade Facilitation
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December 10, 2016
Africa: Towards an Inclusive-Development-Generating Mining Industry in Central Africa
Brazzaville, 10 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - The Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has convened mining development experts of… Read more »
December 08, 2016
Central Africa: Central Africa's Industrial Transformation Need Not Be Cut-and-Paste
Transformative industrial policies that are in harmony with environmental protection need not be "an exercise of cutting and pasting but should be rather well crafted and context… Read more »
December 07, 2016
Africa: Congo Strengthens Mining Contracts for Development
The Government of Congo, through its Ministry of Mines, and the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), will host a workshop on 8 to 10 December 2016 to launch a project aimed… Read more »
Africa: Time to Converge International Development Agendas in Central Africa
A plethora of regional development bodies in Central Africa under the umbrella of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central Africa Economic and… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: 2nd Annual Workshop On International Economic Negotiations Kicks Off in Johannesburg
The second Annual Workshop on International Economic Negotiations opened in Johannesburg on Monday under the theme, "Building Africa's Negotiating Capacity for Improved Terms of… Read more »
December 07, 2016
Africa: ECA and UMA Plan Joint Work to Achieve Regional Integration
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held Tuesday 6 December in Rabat a bilateral, exchange and… Read more »
Africa: External Peer Review Meeting On the Economic Report On Africa 2017, 15-16 December 2016
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Africa: Conference Partners, Nigerian Minister Engage With Media On Agro-Allied Industrialization
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB); Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Abdoulaye Mar… Read more »
December 05, 2016
Africa: ECA to Continue Supporting Member States With Trade Negotiations Skills
The inaugural Africa Trade Week ended Friday in Addis Ababa with the Economic Commission for Africa's Principal Economic Adviser, Joseph Atta-Mensah, urging the ECA and its… Read more »
North Africa: Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union Is Necessary to Strengthen Growth
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), held today in Rabat, Morocco the third meeting of the Sub Regional Coordination… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: Project Aiming to Improve Africa's Cities and Wellbeing of Its People Launched in Uganda
The Economic Commission for Africa on Friday launched a new project that aims to transform Africa's cities and improve the wellbeing of its citizens. Read more »
December 05, 2016
Africa: Intensify Production of Land Data and Statistics, Experts Urge African Governments
African governments should intensify the production of land data and statistics to aid their decision-making processes as the continent seeks to end poverty and inequality, an… Read more »