Africa: Vera Songwe Advocates Afcfta, Digital Identity, Investment Opportunities and Strengthened Partnerships At Unga Side Events

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe concluded a productive series of engagements in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly… Read more »

Madagascar: Investing in Madagascar Gets Easier Following Launch of New Investment Guide

The Madagascar online investment guide was officially unveiled in Antananarivo on 16 August 2018. Targeting foreign and domestic investors who are considering investing in the… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Urged to Support and Grow Local Investors and Entrepreneurs

African countries have been challenged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs to counter the fickleness of international investment flows. The Economic Commission… Read more »

Africa: African Centre for Statistics Urges for More Investment in Statistics

- The planning process of long-term development in any country would be on a shaky foundation if the data and statistics are not readily available and are of poor quality. It is… Read more »

Rwanda: ECA and ACBF to Discuss Capacity Building for AFCFTA Implementation

The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) will hold on 13 May in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) a panel discussion on capacity imperatives and… Read more »

Africa: 2018 ARFSD Ends With Africa Agreeing to Up Its Game in Implementing SGDs

The fourth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Dakar, Senegal, Friday with participants adopting a set of key messages they will take… Read more »

Africa: New Fund to Support African Women Entrepreneurs On the Way, Says Vera Songwe

The African Women's Leadership Network's second Women Leaders Forum for Africa's Transformation ended in Addis Ababa Thursday with Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive… Read more »

Africa: In Tandem With ECA and Unctad, the Republic of Malawi Launches Its Electronic Investment Guide

The Malawi iGuide, an electronic investment platform, was developed by the Malawi Investment Trade Center (MICT) assisted by the ECA and UNCTAD acting in line with the United… Read more »

Africa: Supported By ECA and Unctad, Republic of the Congo Launches Its Iguide to Highlight Investment Opportunities

The electronic investment platform, the iGuide, developed by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with UNCTAD, was recently unveiled by the Investment… Read more »

Africa: Africa 'Working Tirelessly' to Create Conducive Environment for Foreign Investments

Africa is working tirelessly to get policy and legislative conditions right to ease the business environment and attract more foreign direct investment, Ethiopian Prime Minister… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Call for "Partnership Not Support" At Africa Business and Investment Forum

Their message was loud and clear: Africa requires partnership, not support. African Heads of State insisted they have a clear mandate to work with both public and private… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Negotiating Capacity Determines Its Future Prosperity

African countries are constantly engaged in negotiating bilateral and multilateral treaties and several contracts for the exploration and development of extractive resources.… Read more »

Africa: Continued Investment in Infrastructure Could Address Missing Inputs for African Transformation

A series of Economic Reports of Africa published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) between 2013 to 2016 argue that infrastructure development has a direct effect on… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Muhwava Urges Africa to Invest in Its Youth

Youth can be critical agents for positive socioeconomic change in Africa if appropriate investments are made to unleash their potential to innovate and become productive citizens,… Read more »

Africa: Madagascar to Lay Focus On Land Governance in Its Agricultural Investment Plan

The AU-ECA-AfDB Land Policy Initiative (LPI) in partnership with the government of Madagascar organised a workshop on 31 August 2017 to validate the Country Report and Business… Read more »

Africa: Experts Discuss Land Governance to Increase Agricultural Investment

Land in Africa has become the safest asset for those with spare funds to invest. With its growing population, Rwanda, like many other countries on the continent, has also been… Read more »

Africa: African Least Developed Countries Need Greater 'Momentum' to Graduate From LDC Status

Kigali 15 December (ECA)- After several years of resilience following the global financial crisis, economic growth in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has declined sharply… Read more »

Africa: Senegal, ECA and NEPAD to Launch Infrastructure Investment Tool in Dakar

A global tool designed to increase private sector investment in Africa's transboundary infrastructure will be unveiled in Dakar on 15 December at the King Fahd Hotel. Read more »

Africa: Britain Won't Turn Its Back On Africa Following Brexit - MP Lord Paul Boateng

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 29 (ECA) - Brexit does not mean that the British government will turn its back on Africa, Lord Paul Boateng, a Member of the United Kingdom's House… Read more »

Africa: International Colloquium of Rabat to Study Links Between Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development

The Economic Commission for Africa is organizing, in partnership with the WTO Chair of the Mohammed V University of Rabat and LEAD (University of Toulon Laboratory for Applied… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Economic Progress Requires Investment in People, Says Hamdok

Addressing a high-level segment of the inaugural session of a series of events focused on Africa at the UN headquarters in New York, ECA Deputy Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Not Risky for Infrastructure Investment, Says ECA's Lopes

Stressing that Africa is not risky for investment in transboundary infrastructure, ECA's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes, said on Monday in New York that the quest for regional… Read more »

Africa: Inclusiveness Required for Cfta to Deliver Transformation

The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) this week co-organized with Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa), a panel discussion on the… Read more »

Africa: Call for Papers - 10th International Colloquium of Rabat

In preparation for the 10th International Colloquium of Rabat, scheduled to take place in Morocco on 27-29 October under the theme: "Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development",… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Tackles Illicit Financial Flows, Investment in Africa in London Meetings

Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes of the Economic Commission for Africa is holding crucial meetings with London-based institutions this week with talks centering on illicit… Read more »