Africa: Officials in the Central African region to benefit from ECA's integrated development planning toolkit

From 17-21 July, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the Ministries of Planning of Democratic Republic of… Read more »

Africa: Vera Songwe Steps Down as ECA Executive Secretary

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has stepped down, effective 1 September 2022, after five… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Moving Africa up the Ladder in the Battery, Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Renewable Energy Value Chain and Market

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will, from 24 to 25 November 2021, host and officiate a… Read more »

Central Africa: Using What You Have to Get What You Want: Why Central African Countries Must Put Natural Capital Accounting at the Centre of Their Development

By Nadia Ouedraogo, Issoufou Seidou, Abel Akara Ticha and Antonio Pedro* Read more »

Central Africa: Planners, Others Welcome ECA's Push for Development Corridors in Central Africa

Transforming Central Africa's transport corridors into all-encompassing development corridors is crucial for moving to the region's next development and integration frontier,… Read more »

Central Africa: A Rendezvous to Transform Central Africa's Routes Into Development Trajectories

How can Central African countries reconfigure existing transport highways which interconnect them, while building and linking new ones in a way that engines and supports… Read more »

Central Africa: Paradigm Shift Needed in Central Africa's Quest to Build Skills for Economic Diversification

A major paradigm shift in formal and hands-on training is required in Central Africa if the region is to successfully diversify its economies, ministers, dons, development experts… Read more »

Central Africa: A Rallying Call for Upskilling Towards Sustainable Growth in Central Africa

A two-day virtual meeting of the 36th Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICE) for Central Africa kicked off Wednesday with focus on strategies to enhance… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Covid-19 - Congo Rolls Out Mobile Platform to Keep Citizens Safe and Informed

Congo's government has officially launched the Africa Communication and Information Platform for Health and Economic Action (ACIP), a continental tool that aims to harness… Read more »

Central Africa: Time for Integrated Regional Value Chains in Central Africa

"The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will offer an opportunity to sell to over 1.2 billion persons with a collective GDP of US$ 2.5 trillion, but what can Central… Read more »

Central Africa: ECA to Host Intergovernmental Session On Skills and Competences for Economic Diversification in Central Africa

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has scheduled the 36th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICE) for Central Africa from 11 to 12… Read more »

Cameroon: Urgent Measures Needed for Private Sector to Green Cameroon's Economy

Cameroon's private sector is currently ill-prepared to leverage a spate of opportunities offered by the green economy but a comprehensive set of measures which Government should… Read more »

Central Africa: Experts Meet to Review a Study On Negotiating Institutions - Putting in the Right Foundations in Central Africa

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted the second of a series of five virtual expert group meetings on innovative… Read more »

Central Africa: Industry-Schools Linkages, Training Centers and Economic Zones - Vital for Economic Diversification

Inadequate skills development and low productivity are holding down the competitive and economic diversification potential of Central African countries. However, if they draw… Read more »

Central Africa: Eca's Office for Central Africa Meets Performance Objectives for Q2 of 2020

From successfully supporting member States in the formulation of national AfCFTA strategies and achieving consensus on a unique subregional diversification masterplan, through… Read more »

Central Africa: Free Roaming Within Cemac By Jan 2021 Is Way to Go!!!

Member States of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) have everything to gain in respecting the January 2021 deadline to finally put an end to surcharges on… Read more »

Cameroon: Time for Cameroon to Scale-Up Local Manufacturing in Readiness for AfCFTA

Cameroon's Minister of Trade - Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana concurred with officials of the Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),… Read more »

Cameroon: Industrialization - ECA and Cameroon Poised to Consolidate Their Collaboration Framework

Cameroon's Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development of - Gabriel Dodo Ndoke - and the Director of the Sub-regional Office for Central Africa of the Economic… Read more »

Central Africa: Clustering in Special Economic Zones Can Boost Central Africa's Creative Industry, Says Eca's Pedro

The creative industries constitute an important lever for economic diversification in Central Africa and can help countries of the sub-region build back better in a post-COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: Cemac and Eccas for Unique Industrial and Diversification Agenda

Through a unique subregional industrial and economic diversification strategy, Central Africa is seeking to double, in the years ahead, industrial contribution to GDP from its… Read more »

Central Africa: Towards Harmonizing and Consolidating Central Africa's Industrialization and Diversification Masterplans

In collaboration with the CEMAC Commission, the General Secretariat of ECCAS and the Technical Secretariat of the Steering Committee for the Rationalization of Regional Economic… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa to Revamp Its Industrialization and Economic Diversification Strategy

Under the auspices of the CEMAC Commission and with the technical support of the Sub-regional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a virtual… Read more »

Africa: Announcing an ECA Webinar On Economic Diversification in Central Africa

The Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be organizing a webinar on "Skills for Economic diversification in Central Africa:… Read more »

Rwanda: 'Say No to Hate Speech and Xenophobia', Urges Guterres, Marking 26 Years Since Genocide in Rwanda

Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that "we… Read more »

Africa: Fcfa 595.6 Billion Required to Kick-Start Chad's Industrial Masterplan

Experts describe the new Industrialization and Economic Diversification Masterplan (PDIDE) as the necessary trigger for an economic miracle in this Sahelian country Read more »