February 09, 2016
East Africa: Strong Institutions - A Key for a Transformed Eastern Africa
The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Eastern Africa Office of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organised in Nairobi from 8 to 11… Read more »
February 05, 2016
Africa: ECA Hosts Launch of Global Think Tank Index Report
The Global Go To Think Tank Index Report launched at the Economic Commission for Africa features 140 think tanks from Africa and includes 1,432 think tanks that made the top lists… Read more »
February 02, 2016
Africa: Conflict Grows Out of Inequality and Exclusion
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Africa: Launch of the 2015 Global Go to Think Tank Report
The Economic Commission for Africa joins hundreds of think tanks and civil society actors around the world in a series of annual coordinated events as part of a program organized… Read more »
January 09, 2016
Africa: Lopes Urges Africa to Address Migration At AU Summit
Giving a historical background of human migration trends, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, in his remarks to the 34th Session of the… Read more »
Africa: Address Inequality, a Leading Cause of Conflict - Says ECA Chief to Africa's Leaders
The Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes has called on Africa's leaders to tackle economic, social and political inequality, which he stressed is a… Read more »
January 08, 2016
Africa: Africa Region Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (Wesp) 2016
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held an Africa Region launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2016 on 26th January, 2016, at the United… Read more »
January 06, 2016
Africa: Expert Group Meeting On the Economic Report On Africa (ERA) 2016
Experts gathered in Addis Ababa, on 14-15 January 2016, at the United Nations Conference Centre, to review the upcoming 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa, entitled… Read more »
January 21, 2016
Africa: Agriculture, Structural Transformation to Dominate ECA Experts' Session in Douala
From 24 to 26 February 2016, in Douala - Cameroon's economic capital, experts from Central African States as well as those from international organisations, convened by ECA (… Read more »
January 01, 2016
Morocco: Link Between Remittances and Development Studied in Rabat (Regional Workshop)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA Office for North Africa) and the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will organize on 1-2 February 2016 in Rabat (Morocco) a… Read more »
January 02, 2016
Africa: Can Southern Africa Industrialize Amidst Energy Crisis?
Southern Africa is experiencing the toughest energy crisis yet and unless addressed, it threatens the region's efforts to accelerate industrialization. Read more »
January 04, 2016
North Africa: Greening the Economy to Speed Up Industrialization
Economic Commission for Africa): The ECA office in North Africa is organizing on 1- 4 March 2016 in Rabat (Morocco), its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) under the… Read more »
January 06, 2016
Africa: Experts to Look At Country Profiles for Structural Transformation
The 19th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for West Africa will be held on February 25-26, 2016 at the King Fahd Hotel in Dakar (Senegal). It is being… Read more »
Africa: Edifying the Experts On the Utility and Specific Features of the Country Profiles
The 19th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for West Africa will be held on February 25-26, 2016 at the King Fahd Hotel in Dakar (Senegal). It is being… Read more »
West Africa: Mobilising Innovative Financing for the Economic Transformation of West Africa
An ad hoc meeting of experts from West Africa on "Innovative financing for the structural transformation of the West African economies" will be held on February 23-24, 2016 at the… Read more »
December 21, 2015
Africa: Idep Celebrates Human Rights Day By Organizing a Round Table On Migration
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) joined the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) to organize a series of three round table discussions… Read more »
January 01, 2016
Africa: Is the Commodities Super Cycle Slowdown a Shock for Africa?
Tumbling commodity prices have refocused attention to sustainability of growth in Africa. For over a decade, high demand and rising prices for Africa's commodities have contributed… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Carlos Lopes Joins Selected African Leaders in List of 100 Africa's 'Most Influential'
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, has once again made it on the list of Africa's 100 most influential people for 2015 by pan… Read more »
December 07, 2015
Africa: Financial Afrik Names Lopes On Its List of 'Africa's 100 Most Influential'
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes, has once again been listed among Africa's 100 'most influential' by francophone newspaper,… Read more »
December 15, 2015
Africa: Experts Ponder Continental Free Trade Agreement's Human Rights Impacts
A side-event titled "A human rights perspective on the CFTA" was co-organised by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: World Must Adapt to New Ways of Work to Boost Human Development, Report Says
"Development is about people, more than about producing commodities and accumulating capital. It is about enabling people's participation and people's choices such as access to… Read more »
December 02, 2015
North Africa: ECA Finds Strong Cooperation Potential in North Africa
ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary for Knowledge Delivery Giovanie Biha visited Morocco on 8-11 December 2015 for the first time since her appointment in April 2015. Read more »
December 10, 2015
Africa: Committee On Gender and Social Development Meet for First Time
The Economic Commission for Africa's Committee on Gender and Social Development will meet for the first time in Addis Ababa from 17 -18 December 2015 to review the progress of… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: Amdc Provides Technical Support to Sierra Leone's New Mineral Policy
The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources of Sierra Leone is in the process of preparing a new Core Minerals Policy (CMP) with support from the African Minerals Development… Read more »
December 08, 2015
Africa: Carlos Lopes Cautions African Countries to Be Vigilant At Paris Climate Negotiations
ClimDev-Africa) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, today warned that the outcome of the current Paris COP negotiation cpould… Read more »