Africa: Harnessing the demographic dividend in West Africa and contributing to the achievement of the SDGs

Niamey (Niger), July 04, 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in collaboration with the Regional… Read more »

Africa: Enable West African countries to capture the demographic dividend and achieve the SDGs

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for West Africa in partnerships with the Consortium Régional pour la Recherche en Economie… Read more »

Africa: Fostering rapid capture and sustainable exploitation of the demographic dividend in West Africa

Cotonou, Benin, May 23, 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in collaboration with the Regional… Read more »

Africa: Experts Group Meeting of the 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

A Decade into APAI-CRVS: Reflecting on progress and accelerating efforts towards 2030 through transformed systems. Read more »

Africa: Experts Push for Strong Public-Private Partnerships to Build Resilient Post-Covid-19 Economies

Experts have called for strong collaboration between the public and private sectors in Africa to strengthen economies in the post-COVID-19 period. They believe this will help… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is More Prepared to Fight New Covid-19 Wave

Africa is better prepared to deal with a second wave of COVID-19 after stakeholders put measures in place to counter the initial pandemic's adverse health effects. This is… Read more »

Africa: Data, Platforms and Analytics Helping Africa Combat Covid-19, Says ECA's Chinganya

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) on Wednesday hosted a virtual webinar showcasing the power of data… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference Opens With Calls for African Solutions to Covid-19 Challenges

The 2020 edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) opened virtually on Tuesday with calls for the continent's policymakers, researchers, development partners, and champions… Read more »

Africa: Dealing With the Micro - and Macroeconomic Impacts of Covid-19 On Africa

Experts agree that Africa's governments will have to strike a balance between health, economic and social policy interventions in the coming months to mitigate the negative impact… Read more »

Africa: Hope for a More Prosperous Africa Beyond Covid-19

Beyond the dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic is a silver lining of a more sustainably prosperous Africa. This was the message from the panellists who gathered virtually on the… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference 2020 - Africa Beyond Covid-19: Acceleration Towards Inclusive Sustainable Development

WHAT: African Economic Conference 2020: Africa beyond COVID-19: acceleration towards inclusive sustainable development Read more »

Africa: Disability Is Not an Illness, Webinar to Mark International Day of Persons With Disabilities Emphasizes

The ECA on Thursday joined the rest of the world in marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) with a webinar focusing on the theme of the day; Building Back… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Customs Chiefs Commit to Implementing New Continental Covid-19 Trade Facilitation Guidelines

Africa's customs experts have given their support to the adoption of continental guidelines to facilitate free and timely flow of cross-border trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »

Africa: Digital Transformation in a Post-Covid World - Africa Continues to Trail Other Regions Says New Report

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Portulans Institute, a research and educational think tank based in Washington DC, have teamed up to launch the results… Read more »

Africa: West African Think Tanks and Experts Meet Virtually to Discuss Generational Economy and Structural Transformation in the Covid-19 Era

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in partnership with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, today… Read more »

East Africa: New Report Reveals How Covid-19 Has Affected Eastern Africa

When the Covid-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared. According to UN Economic Commission for Africa's Economic and Social… Read more »

Africa: ECA Executive Secretary Calls On North African Countries to "Build Forward Together" for a Faster, Stronger Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery

Rabat, 18 November (ECA) - "North Africa is the most impacted sub-region of our continent after Southern Africa, and although most of its countries are not in the low-income… Read more »

Southern Africa: The Role of Private Sector in Post-Covid Recovery Strategies & Regional Integration in Southern Africa

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), in collaboration with the SADC Business Council, organized a virtual… Read more »

East Africa: A Regional Meeting to Discuss the Post-Pandemic Road to Social and Economic Recovery in East Africa

In this difficult context of global socioeconomic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, through its office for Eastern Africa will… Read more »

North Africa: North Africa 35th Icsoe to Discuss Conditions for Sound, Post-Covid-19 Recovery in North Africa

Rabat, 16 November (ECA) -The ECA office for North Africa will organise the 35th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for North Africa… Read more »

Africa: World Diabetes Day

Globally, an estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014, compared to 108 million in 1980. The global prevalence of diabetes has nearly doubled since 1980,… Read more »

Africa: Parliamentarians Have Critical Role to Play in Fight Against Covid-19 and Recovery

African parliamentarians have a critical role to play in enhancing the continent's resilience against health emergencies like the novel coronavirus through enacting effective… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day 2021 Theme - "Women in Leadership - Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World"

IWD 2021) as, "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world." Read more »

North Africa: Covid-19 - 35th Icsoe Meeting to Focus On Policies and Strategies for a Faster Economic Recovery in North Africa

The ECA office for North Africa will hold on Tuesday 17 November 2020, online, the thirty-fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE)… Read more »

North Africa: North Africa Requires Major Overhauls in Economic, Education Sectors to Navigate Post Covid-19 ICT Revolution

The ECA office for North Africa, the UNESCO Maghreb office and the Policy Center for the New South held on Wednesday, November 4th a webinar on "Innovation and New Technologies in… Read more »