November 08, 2014
Africa: Business Leaders Commit $28.5 Initial Emergency Fund Towards Africa's Ebola Response
A historic Roundtable of business leaders comprising CEOs from a range of sectors such as banking, telecommunications, mining, energy, services and manufacturing joined forces with… Read more »
November 06, 2014
Africa: As Elections Become More Regular in Africa, So Has Intolerance of Diversity
Elections have become more regular in Africa, but no less problematic, often exacerbating the challenge of diversity. This is according to findings of the third edition of the… Read more »
November 05, 2014
Africa: Irish President Michael D. Higgins Calls for African-Driven Alternative Development Models
African leaders, thinkers and civil society activists were on Wednesday invited by Michael D. Higgins, President of the Republic of Ireland, to produce alternative models of… Read more »
November 04, 2014
Africa: African Minerals Development Centre Signs Collaboration Agreement With Australian Institution
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday held a ceremony to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian Institution of Mining for… Read more »
Africa: Will the IGAD hospitality plan overcome regional reluctance to capitalise on global tourism?
Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are in the process of formulating their own broad tourism plans in an effort to implement the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development's Sustainable… Read more »
November 03, 2014
Africa: Investing in People-centered Innovation and Technology Essential to Africa's Development
Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants… Read more »
Africa: Investing in People-Centered Innovation and Technology Essential to Africa's Development
Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants… Read more »
November 01, 2014
Africa: Boosting Crisis Response and Financing Key Forafrica's Continued Progress
Tackling vulnerabilities should be at the center of continent's development efforts Read more »
October 30, 2014
Guinea Bissau: Carlos Lopes Proposes Blueprint for Guinea Bissau Development and Economic Transformation
Guinea Bissau should take advantage of the stability and unanimity of its post-electoral period, which can now be translated into economic opportunities and possibilities, said… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference to Award Outstanding Scholarship
The ninth edition of the annual African Economic Conference (AEC) will be held from 1-3 November on the theme, "Knowledge and Innovation for Africa's Transformation" at the United… Read more »
October 08, 2014
Africa: Inauguration of New Office Facility in Addis Ababa Signifies a More Innovative UN
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Economic Commission for Africa's Carlos Lopes have hailed the opening of a new office in the ECA compound in Addis Ababa as a… Read more »
October 07, 2014
East Africa: United Nations and the World Bank Horn of Africa Initiative Set to Boost Economic Efforts in East Africa
The United Nations and the World Bank are joining forces with regional financial institutions African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB)… Read more »
October 02, 2014
Africa: Carlos Lopes to Visit Ebola-Affected Countries
Amidst the ongoing global efforts to respond to the Ebola crisis, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes has joined the Chairperson of… Read more »
October 22, 2014
Africa: Press Conference With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim
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October 21, 2014
Africa: Africa's Current Wave of Industrialization Calls for New Approach
Lusaka, Zambia: 21 October -The current wave of industrialization taking place across the African continent will need a different approach from that of the last century. The focus… Read more »
October 01, 2014
Africa: Monitoring and Evaluation in Land Policy - Harmonization a Must
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) will organize an Experts' Group Meeting (EGM) to lay the ground for piloting the LPI Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework. The EGM will… Read more »
October 21, 2014
Africa: ECA and UN Women to Host Civil Society Forum On Beijing +20 Progress
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN Women) will organize a civil society forum to review and appraise the… Read more »
October 06, 2014
Africa: Marrakech Consensus Calls for Greater Partnership Between the Private and Public Sector to Accelerate Africa's Transformation
: Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened… Read more »
October 16, 2014
Africa: Africa must Generate Resources from Within its Economies
Africa is growing at a steady rate and is on the path to sustainable long-term growth, opening up a number of investment opportunities. In fact, one-third of Africa's countries… Read more »
Africa: Private Equity and the Growth of Pension Funds Provide a Massive Opportunity to Finance Investment
Africa may be flavour of the month but in relative terms still attracts a small percentage of Private Equity and international investment capital. In a plenary at the Africa… Read more »
Africa: Tracking Africa's Stolen Billions
Illicit financial flows are a major drain on Africa’s resources for development. International coordination is needed to slow the flow of stolen assets. Read more »
Cape Verde: Duarte: Focus on Institutions for Development
Governance and institutional reform are central to Africa’s solutions to asset flight and inequality, says Cabo Verde’s finance minister. Read more »
Africa: Africa will be Trading Predominantly with Partners form the South by 2020
Prior the economic crisis, Africa’s share of trade with other emerging markets was a mere 30%. Today that has gone up to nearer 50%, and by 2020, on current trends that could… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Looks to PPPs for Development
Public-private partnerships are a pillar of the West African country's resurgence, says President Alassane Ouattara. Read more »
Africa: Innovative Financing a Must for Africa
A mythical figure of African history, the Moroccan Ibn Battuta, considered one of the greatest travelers of all times, arrived in Somalia in 1331. He was surprised with Mogadishu's… Read more »