July 11, 2023
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 »
November 01, 2021
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 »
July 21, 2021
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 »
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 »
June 22, 2019
Africa: Rwandan Trade With the Democratic Republic of Congo Set to Increase By 56 U.S. $ Million Under the Afcfta
When the African Continental Free Trade Area is implemented, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) estimates an increase of intra-African exports of Eastern Africa by over… Read more »
November 08, 2018
Central Africa: Central Africa's Free Trade Instruments Gaining Traction in DR Congo
A total of 49 leaders from the public and private sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have completed a two-day training to appropriate rules of origin procedures… Read more »
March 02, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Takes Steps to Integrate Land Governance Concerns in Agriculture
Senior officials from the Government, Ministry of Land Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, and the national commission on land reform (CONAREF) along with the national alliance of… Read more »
August 10, 2017
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 »
October 30, 2015
Africa: Africa, India, China - an Emerging Economic Troika
In a keynote address that resonated strongly with the more than 1000 participants attending the India Africa Business Forum, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for… Read more »
November 02, 2015
Africa: Growth and Poverty - the Paradoxes of African Economies
African leaders gathered at the African Economic Conference taking place in Kinshasa from 02- 04 November said to reduce poverty and inequality Africa needs inclusive economies and… Read more »
November 01, 2015
Africa: African Economic Conference - Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda
The theme for the 2015 African Economic Conference (AEC) is Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda. Read more »
February 18, 2014
East Africa: Experts in Kinshasa Discuss How to Create and Foster 'National Champions'
The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year is on the topic of National Champions, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)… Read more »
January 08, 2014
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 »
August 27, 2013
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 »
August 28, 2013
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 »
August 27, 2013
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 »
August 22, 2013
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 »
