February 27, 2020
Africa: Last Sprint Toward Chad's New Industrial Masterplan
The Chadian Government and the Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are co-organizing a workshop to review and finalize the… Read more »
February 28, 2020
Gabon: African Free Trade Area - Gabon Is in the 'Mix!'
Improving the competitiveness of businesses; raising awareness of all stakeholders; setting up an active national AfCFTA implementation committee; synergy between the public and… Read more »
February 22, 2020
Gabon: Gabonese Stakeholders Mobilized for Africa's Free Trade
- Senior officials in charge of industrial production, services and trade issues, as well as representatives of the private sector, civil society, the academia and the media of… Read more »
February 11, 2020
Central Africa: ECCAS Salutes ECA's Contribution to Regional Integration in Central Africa
The Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) - Mr Ahmad Allam-Mi has sounded a high note of satisfaction at the work of the UN Economic… Read more »
January 15, 2020
Africa: Unique Customs Union in Central Africa Underway
Work on the establishment of a harmonized customs union between CEMAC and ECCAS in order to consolidate subregional free trade in Central Africa and better harness the advantages… Read more »
December 05, 2019
Central Africa: Greener Pastures Identified for Trading in Services Than in Goods
Trade officials from all of ECCAS' eleven-member countries as well as strategic service providers in Central Africa have been provided with the tools and techniques for… Read more »
December 03, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Minister Urges Experts to Render Big Data Profitable for Africa
- "By 2030, revenues generated by big data in Africa will reach 10 billion dollars, but how much of this will stay in Africa, how many of our youths will play a leading role in the… Read more »
November 28, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Readies Strategy for Partaking in Africa's Common Market
- Cameroon's first five-year strategy on which to anchor its gainful participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), expected to go fully operational by 1 July… Read more »
Cameroon: How Partnerships Are Driving the Cameroun Land Reform Process
My name is Amaelle Seigneret. I work as a Research and technical support consultant with IIED (the International Institute for Environment and Development), a research institute… Read more »
November 05, 2019
Cameroon: Towards Cameroon's Final Sprint Into Africa's Free Trade Area
Cameroon's comprehensive plan for tapping into a 1.2 billion people Africa-wide market and a more than US$2.5 trillion continental GDP, in the advent of the African Continental… Read more »
October 30, 2019
Africa: Sao Tome and Principe Urged to Workout African Free Trade Strategy
- The United Nations System has urged the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, a small island state located off the Gulf of Guinea, to "take deliberate action and make the… Read more »
October 24, 2019
São Tomé and Príncipe: ECA Supports Sao Tomé and Principe to Harness Benefits of African Trade
- Following a commitment made in April 2019 during a campaign to educate major stakeholders in Sao Tome and Principe about the opportunities afford by the African Continental Free… Read more »
October 17, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Functionaries Set for More Accountability in Development Planning
Scores of policy and programme planners, statisticians and other national professionals say they have gained considerable insights into ways of optimising their work by routing key… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: Angola and Senegal to Champion Sdg7 Initiative for Africa for 10,000 Mw of Clean Energy Capacity By 2025
9. On the margins of the United Nations Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General,Antonio Guterres to drum up support for climate action, a group of like-minded… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Central Africa: Productivity Growth 'Too Sluggish' in Central Africa
Central Africa has made very little progress in terms of harnessing its plethora of natural resources for economic diversification, job creation and increased GDP over the past 30… Read more »
September 28, 2019
Central Africa: Calls for 'Digital Transformations Here and Now' in the Air
No more talking shops, no more feet-dragging! Now is the time to invest line-hook-and-sinker in the tools of digital transformations, as levers of Central Africa's economic… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Central Africa: Singapore's Growth Model, Fit for Central Africa?
"It's not an economic miracle per se. It's the result of effective and efficient planning and implementation," said Mama Keita who heads the Reforms and Policies for Economic… Read more »
Africa: Angola and Senegal to champion SDG7 Initiative for Africa for 10,000 MW of clean energy capacity by 2025
New York, 26 September 2019- On the margins of the United Nations Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General,Antonio Guterres to drum up support for climate… Read more »
September 24, 2019
Central Africa: Hatching Out Digital Economy 4.0 Framework for Central Africa
Major building blocks to catalyse the entry of Central African countries into the fourth industrial revolution, induced by digital transformations, have been laid at an… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: Shifting From Rhetoric to Smart Actions Would Salvage Central Africa's Digital Economy
It is urgent to break away from generic and unproductive approaches towards digital transformations in Central Africa that have caused no real change on the ground for the last two… Read more »
September 17, 2019
Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo Conducts National Consultation On the AfCFTA
By establishing a single market of 1.2 billion individuals representing $ 2.5 trillion of cumulative GDP, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an important lever to… Read more »
August 22, 2019
Rwanda: UN Economic Commission for Africa - Statement On Rwanda
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, through its African Centre for Statistics works with its member States to improve the production, dissemination and use of… Read more »
Cameroon: Terrorism Survivor in Cameroon Takes Road to Recovery
The words of 29-year Wala Matari from Cameroon may be uncompromising, but they are a heartfelt and honest window into the suffering she has experienced, and the enduring torment of… Read more »
Africa: UN Economic Commission for Africa – Statement on Rwanda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 August 2019 (ECA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, through its African Centre for Statistics works… Read more »
July 10, 2019
Central Africa: Cemac Leaders Urged to Mainstream Economic Diversification, Regional Value Chain Development in Community Economic Programme
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has once more urged leaders across the Central African subregion, especially those of CEMAC member States, to urgently pursue economic… Read more »
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