December 01, 2015
Africa: Why African-Based Institutions Should Operate Coherently
Africa's Agenda 2063 aspires to an integrated prosperous and peaceful continent. A vision which experts say could be attained when institutions operating in Africa work together… Read more »
December 07, 2015
Africa: Experts to Discuss Governance of Extractive Sector
Africa makes most of its money from its natural resources yet the paradox that resource-rich countries have produced resource-poor populations persists. A large part of the funds… Read more »
Africa: Financing Sustainable Pathways for Development in Africa
A major partnership was sealed this week with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United Kingdom and United States that will lay the groundwork for… Read more »
December 08, 2015
Africa: African Leaders Must Work Engage Private Sector for Climate Financing
More than ever, Africa needs to mobilize its investments, to stimulate sustainable development on the continent to increase its resilience. According to Andrew Norton, Director of… Read more »
December 07, 2015
Africa: Modernise, Diversify and Integrate - African Regional Economies Urged
It is without doubt that African countries are proud of their economic achievements in the past decade. The blight on this 5-6 percent growth achieved during this time is the… Read more »
Africa: Africa Will Negotiate for a New Era of Green Industrialisation
Africa can leverage opportunities from climate change to engineer a new era of industrialisation that can drive clean economic growth, create sustainable jobs and reduce poverty,… 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 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 »
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 »
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
Central Africa: Central Africa Called Upon to Consolidate Consultation On Road Safety
Through the voice of a representative, Mr Zacharie Ngoumbe - Inspector General in the Ministry of Transport, Cameroon's Minister of Transport Mr Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o has… Read more »
December 03, 2015
North Africa: ECA Supports Maghreb Countries On Rules of Origin
Which kind of rules of origin can help boost trade in Maghreb countries? From 30 November to December 1st in Casablanca (Morocco), the Economic Commission for Africa (Office for… 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 »
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 05, 2015
Cameroon: ECA and Cameroon Cement Partnership
Cameroonian authorities have once more saluted the efforts made by the Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, to accompany the country and her neighbours in the Central African… Read more »
November 25, 2015
Central Africa: Towards Greater Road Safety in Central Africa
What is the current situation and what are the possible implementation difficulties in Central Africa of the African Road Safety Plan? It is to answer these questions that the… 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 »