Cameroon: UN Under-Secretary General and Head of Economic Commission for Africa Visits Cameroon

UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, embarks on his first working visit to Cameroon on 11 February 2014.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: National Champions Need to Be Nurtured in Order to Support Regional Growth and Development

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa (SRO-EA), will organise the 18th Session of the Intergovernmental… Read more »

Africa: Chad and ECA Get Hand in Glove for Development

Chad hugely counts on the support of the Economic Commission for Africa on its road to development. This message came straight from the country's Minister of the Economy, planning… Read more »

Central Africa: Red Card Against Corruption in Central Africa

"It is about an all-out war we are currently waging against corruption," said the Secretary General in Chad's Ministry in Charge of State Control and the Promotion of Good… Read more »

Central Africa: N'djamena Forum for Corruption-Free Post Conflict Countries

How deep is corruption in post-conflict countries in Central Africa, how effective are Governments of these countries as well as sub-regional institutions in trying to fight this… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon's, Africa's Growth Must be Skills Based and Industry Driven - ECA and Partners

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today actively joined the United Nations Development Organization (UNIDO), the African Union Commission (AUC) and Cameroon's… Read more »

Africa: Small Is Beautiful - African Small Island Development States and Climate Change

Of the world's fifty-two Small Island Developing States (SIDS), six are in Africa. They include; Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Mauritius, São Tomé and… Read more »

Africa: Experts Recommend 112 Activities for African Union/Nepad Programmes in Central Africa 2013-2016

After two days of intense brainstorming in Douala from the 21st to 22nd October 2013, experts from the United Nations System in Central Africa, their counterparts from CEMAC,… Read more »

Central Africa: ECA and Partners to Review Progress On African Union/Nepad Programme and Regional Integration in Central Africa

How much success has been achieved in implementing a wide range of African Union (AU) and NEPAD projects in Central Africa and what progress has been made in attaining regional… Read more »

East Africa: ECA Kicks Off Discussions On Investing in National Champions in Eastern Africa

Ambassadors and senior government officials representing Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda met with the Director and staff members of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: We Need Your Help on Illegal Capital Flight, Officials Ask Mbeki

Top Government officials, heads of Parliament as well as leaders of the civil society and the private sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they are eagerly… Read more »

Africa: Extractive Sector Is Critical to Africa's Illicit Money Outflows - Mbeki

The extractive industries sector is central to the illicit outflows of money from Africa, noted the Head of the High-level Panel on Illicit Outflows of Money from Africa, South… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Thabo Mbeki to Lead Review On Illegal Money Outflows

How serious and complex is the problem of illicit financial flows from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), what are the key drivers of the flows, what are Government and other… Read more »

Chad: African Governance Report Validation Workshops Held in Tunisia and Chad

The Economic Commission for Africa participated in the validation workshops of the 3 rd African Governance Report held in the past month in the Republic of Tunisia and the Republic… Read more »