July 21, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Is Fuelling Acceleration in Digital Transformation in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda - 19 july 2020 (ECA) The world is increasingly going digital but much still need to be done on the continent to increase internet penetration. According to the… Read more »
July 15, 2020
Africa: Africa Will Need a Lot of Energy to Power Its COVID-19 Recovery, Says Vera Songwe
Africa will need a lot of energy to build back better in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe,… Read more »
July 07, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Africa's Plan to Ride Out Crippling Coronavirus Crisis, Says Vera Songwe
Africa does not need a Marshall Plan to ride out the ongoing coronavirus crisis. It has a more powerful tool in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to use in… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Africa: Keeping the SDGs Promise Still Possible Even With COVID-19, Says Songwe
Africa may have lost some momentum on its quest to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but the continent can fast track and… Read more »
June 24, 2020
Africa: Call for Expression of Interest - Africa Making Moves to Manufacture Its Own Medicines
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from African pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce 107… Read more »
Africa: Renewable Energy Investments Crucial in Africa's Efforts to Build Back Better Post COVID-19
It is essential for African governments to build back strong from the coronavirus crisis by placing investments in sustainable energy among the central recovery goals, and linking… Read more »
June 23, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Africa and the United States to Remain Key Partners, Says President Kagame
A four-day leaders forum hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) opened Tuesday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame saying Africa and the United States will remain key trade… Read more »
Africa: Treat Climate Crisis With Same Urgency As COVID-19 Pandemic - New ECA Paper
A post coronavirus recovery in Africa should address the fundamental causes of vulnerabilities and go beyond fiscal and monetary adjustments whose sole aim is to ensure the… Read more »
June 22, 2020
Africa: Online Launch Event - Africa Communication and Information Platform (Acip) for Health and Economic Action
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Africa: ECA and Partners to Launch the Africa Communication and Information Platform in Response to COVID-19
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health… Read more »
June 20, 2020
Africa: Online Launch Event - Africa Communications Information Platform (Acip) for Health and Economic Action
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June 19, 2020
Africa: ECA and Partners to Launch the Africa Communications Information Platform in Response to COVID-19
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health… Read more »
June 16, 2020
North Africa: Impact of Covid19 Can Open Up New Avenues for Structural Transformation in North Africa
Can the post COVID19 economic context provide Morocco, and more generally North Africa, with an opportunity to reorient and accelerate their structural transformation? Read more »
June 19, 2020
Africa: Six United Nations Statistical Offices Work Together to Support Countries in Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the world tackles the spread of COVID-19 and its unprecedented impacts on economies, societies and the environment, we are all stepping into unknown territory. Everybody, from… Read more »
June 17, 2020
Africa: Identity for Development in Post-Covid19 Africa
"COVID-19 has enabled us to explore new platforms and ways of identifying people," said Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Path to COVID-19 Recovery Requires Boldness, Says Vera Songwe
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the… Read more »
June 16, 2020
Africa: New Report, COVID-19 in African Cities - Impacts, Responses and Policies, Launched By ECA & Partners
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crippling economies the world over and set to trigger into motion Africa's first recession in 25 years, the Economic Commission for Africa and… Read more »
June 15, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Science, Technology and Innovation Key to Africa's Recovery, Says Songwe
Science, technology and innovation will be at the heart of Africa's recovery from the devastating coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the continent's ability to create sustainable… Read more »
June 12, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - UN Calls On Governments to Help Landlocked Neighbours
Well-functioning transit transport services and procedures are essential to ensure people in landlocked developing countries have timely access to medical products and basic goods… Read more »
June 10, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Africa in Urgent Need of Affordable Broadband Internet
The director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Jean-Paul Adam, told journalists during a virtual press… Read more »
June 08, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 Aftermath - Policy Dialogue On Building Back Better With African Youth Set for Tuesday
For a continent of over 1,2 billion people, coronavirus infection and death rates have been remarkably low in Africa but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive negative… Read more »
June 04, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Remains Africa's Ambitious Plan to Prosperity Even in Midst of COVID-19
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is still the agreement with great potential to foster regional economic integration and economic growth, and take Africa to the… Read more »
Africa: Policymakers and Business Leaders to Review the Implications for E-Commerce in Africa and Beyond
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today will hold its first ecomConnect Day on the future of… Read more »
June 03, 2020
Africa: Africa Should Set COVID-19 Recovery Milestones Now - Vera Songwe
"We are yet to know how long the COVID-19 crisis will last, but we need to set the milestones for recovery now" said UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA Vera… Read more »
May 31, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 Heightens the Need for More Investments in Digital Transformation
During the current crisis of COVID-19 pandemic, some sectors like health and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) are experiencing unprecedented demand. Read more »
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