July 07, 2023
Africa: Setting the Stage for Implementation of the Financing Model for MSMEs for the Kingdom of Eswatini
Mbabane, Eswatini, July 5, 2023 - An inclusive financing model for MSMEs was developed with technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Africa to alleviate a key… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Export & Digitalization: Kick-off in Rabat of the ECA - EU - EBRD Capacity Building Workshops for Women Led Enterprises
Rabat, 16 June 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union representations in Morocco and the ECA Office for North Africa… Read more »
April 03, 2023
Africa: Regulatory reforms will help attract private sector investment in Africa's energy market
Addis Ababa, 31 March 2023 (ECA) - A timely regulatory overhaul of Africa’s fledgling electricity sector will attract private sector investment and ensure energy… Read more »
March 10, 2020
Africa: UN Family Remembers Colleagues Who Perished in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The United Nations family in Ethiopia on Tuesday held a memorial wreath-laying ceremony honoring the lives of 21 U.N. staff members who died last year when an Ethiopian Airlines… Read more »
March 11, 2019
Africa: UN Chief 'Deeply Saddened' By Ethiopia Plane Crash Which Killed More Than 150, Including 19 UN Staff
An Ethiopian Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN Secretary-General António… Read more »
December 01, 2017
Africa: ECA Chief Urges Stakeholders to Deliver a 'Timely and Meaningful' Cfta
The Execute Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, made a case for the Continental Free Trade Area on the historic ambition to integrate Africa's… Read more »
October 09, 2016
Africa: ECA Rebrands - Introduces New Visual Identity
The Economic Commission for Africa has unveiled new guidelines on the proper use of its brand identity. The guidelines are contained in a brand book launched on Monday and aimed at… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Africa: ECA Boss Carlos Lopes Receives the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) by the Millennium Excellence Foundation… Read more »
October 09, 2014
Africa: ECA and Codesria Sign Collaboration Agreement
Addis Ababa/Dakar 08 October 2014 Read more »
December 17, 2013
Africa: Africa Has High Expectations of the African Minerals Development Centre
Africa has high expectations of the Africa Mineral Resource Centre (AMDC). Read more »
December 16, 2013
Mozambique: Launch of the African Minerals Development Centre a New Dawn for Africa
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) is now open for business. The AMDC was launched in Maputo Mozambique by Hon Minister of Mines for the Republic of Mozambique, Ms… Read more »