Congo-Kinshasa: Pilot Project to Integrate Land Governance Concerns in Agriculture Launched in DRC

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) was recently in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo where it launched the pilot project to mainstream land governance concerns in the… Read more »

Chad: Chad Adopts a Mining Policy and Mining Code Aligned to the Africa Mining Vision

The Government of Chad, in collaboration with the Coalition for Dialogue in Africa, ECA Capacity Development Division, and the African Minerals Development Center, organized a… Read more »

Africa: Economic Overview of Burundi - Agricultural Productivity, Key to Greater Growth

Despite the challenges that has affected Burundi, its economy has been relatively resilient for the last past two years, after the recession of 2015. Nevertheless, the country's… Read more »

Africa: ECA Hosts Webinar On Need for Efficient Industries in Central Africa

The sub-regional office of the Economic Commission for Africa in Central Africa (ECA SRO-CA) on July 6, 2017, organized a webinar on the importance of building efficient industries… Read more »

Central Africa: Experts to Brainstorm On Growth Strategies for Central Africa

Stakeholders in Central Africa's structural transformation are gearing up for the 33rd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE2017) dubbed, "Made in Central… Read more »

Chad: Chad Launches the Country Mining Vision

The Government of Chad, in collaboration with the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC), launched the domestication process of the African Mining Vision (AMV). Read more »

Africa: Vera Songwe Appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the… Read more »

Central Africa: Central African Countries Putting Structural Transformation At the Heart of Development Plans

The central African countries surveyed in the Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) latest Country Profiles are giving priority to economic diversification to address the various… Read more »

Africa: Capacity-Building Training in Extractives Welcomed in Equatorial Guinea

The African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC), in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Government of Equatorial Guinea,… Read more »

Africa: ECA and AfDB Ploughing Together for Central Africa's Development

A higher degree of experience sharing among development partners would make a huge difference in technically supporting the economies of Central Africa at these trying but… Read more »

Africa: Policy Convergence Can Catalyse Central Africa's Transport Interconnection

Brazzaville, 15 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - Central Africa's transport interconnection problems are not a result of lack of expertise across countries but rather a manifestation of… Read more »

Africa: Mining and Development in Central Africa - Much Still to Be Done

Brazzaville, 14 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - In spite of the efforts deployed by countries in Central Africa to incorporate the objectives of the African Mining Vision (AMV) into national… Read more »

Africa: Towards an Inclusive-Development-Generating Mining Industry in Central Africa

Brazzaville, 10 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - The Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has convened mining development experts of… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa's Industrial Transformation Need Not Be Cut-and-Paste

Transformative industrial policies that are in harmony with environmental protection need not be "an exercise of cutting and pasting but should be rather well crafted and context… Read more »

Africa: Time to Converge International Development Agendas in Central Africa

A plethora of regional development bodies in Central Africa under the umbrella of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central Africa Economic and… Read more »

Africa: Policy Debates On Structural Transformation Billed for Gabon and Congo

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organising a twin set of policy debates to begin mapping out pathways for structural transformation in Central Africa, notably in… Read more »

Africa: Conclave to Revitalise UN's Support to AU/Nepad Programme in Central Africa

Agencies of the UN System, the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) of Central Africa and their development partners such as the African Development bank (AfDB) will concert from 6… Read more »

Africa: Multiple Actors to Review ECA's 4th Governance Report in Yaounde

The Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present the fourth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR IV) to members of… Read more »

Cameroon: Stage Set for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities

Some 30 senior officials from several Government Ministries in Cameroon are concerting to roll out an ECA-facilitated project to strengthen the capacities of African countries to… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon and ECA Hitch Horses for Further Development Cooperation

The Government of Cameroon and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have recommitted to work hand in glove for both the structural transformation of the country and the… Read more »

Central Africa: Calls for Structural Transformation Make Inroads in Central Africa

There are clear signs that the campaign for structural transformation and regional integration, which ECA has been championing for years, now is sinking among Central Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Africa Mining Vision Compact With Private Sector Launched in Kigali

In order for the AMV to achieve successful implementation across the continent, it is vital to have buy in from governments, private sector, and civil society at large. In an… Read more »

Africa: Regional Integration and Monetary Unions in Africa

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa Urged to Prioritise Agribusiness

In the context of a sharp decline in the price of crude oil, Central Africa must capitalise on the diversification of its economies via the transformation of its agricultural… Read more »

Africa: ICTs Marked As Levers for Intra-Regional Trade in Central Africa

Central Africa is the area of the continent with the lowest intra-community trade volume, though it may rapidly increase it by using Information and Communication Technologies… Read more »