Africa: New Types of Bilateral Investment Agreements Offer Africa a Chance for Meaningful Investments

To attract investments, African countries have signed numerous Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Double Taxation Treaties (DTT) in the hope of improving their economies. Read more »

Africa: Financial Afrik Names Lopes On Its List of 'Africa's 100 Most Influential'

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes, has once again been listed among Africa's 100 'most influential' by francophone newspaper,… Read more »

Africa: Harnessing Foreign Direct Investment - Calos Lopes Blog

Dubbed the new investment frontier, Africa's attractiveness is becoming more visible to large corporations, institutions and investors. Read more »

Africa: Preparing Africa for the Next Trade Negotiations - Calos Lopes Blog

The deadlock in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) so called Doha Development Round negotiations remains firmly in place. Negotiators seem unable to meet deadline after deadline… Read more »

Africa: ECA Stresses ICT Investments in Back-to-Back Landmark Forums

The African Union Commission (AUC) in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are hosting the fourth African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2015)… Read more »

Uganda: Carlos Lopes Addresses Uganda's High Level Dialogue On Financing for Development

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes paid a visit to Kampala, Uganda at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN… Read more »

Africa: Expert Group Meeting On Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa's Regional Integration and Trade Division, has undertaken a field study on Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape in… Read more »

Africa: Africa Takes First Important Step in Tackling Large Scale Land-Based Investments

Continental efforts to adopt land policies that leverage on land as a strategic resource for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of… Read more »

Africa: Parliamentarians Stress Better Governance of Large Scale Land Based Investments

African Parliamentarians from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), regional legislative Assemblies, and National Assemblies play a critical role in the development, implementation,… Read more »

Africa: Investing in People-centered Innovation and Technology Essential to Africa's Development

Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity and the Growth of Pension Funds Provide a Massive Opportunity to Finance Investment

Africa may be flavour of the month but in relative terms still attracts a small percentage of Private Equity and international investment capital. In a plenary at the Africa… Read more »

Africa: Tracking Africa's Stolen Billions

Illicit financial flows are a major drain on Africa’s resources for development. International coordination is needed to slow the flow of stolen assets. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Looks to PPPs for Development

Public-private partnerships are a pillar of the West African country's resurgence, says President Alassane Ouattara. Read more »

Africa: Private Equity and the Growth of Pension Funds Provide a Massive Opportunity to Finance Investment

Africa may be flavour of the month but in relative terms still attracts a small percentage of Private Equity and international investment capital. Read more »

Morocco: Morocco Calls for African Solidarity and Progress

ADF's host government urges a new development approach for a new, emerging Africa Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Looks to African Investors

Africa's pension funds hold billions of dollars which could be invested for job creation and economic development. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Prime Ministers of Cape Verde, and Morocco attend the Ninth African Development Forum

Raising private equity, illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new partnerships and climate financing in Africa at the top of the agenda at this year's flagship… Read more »

Africa: Can Africa Move Away from Aid to Trade? Carlos Lopes Answers

What should it do to attract more private equity and how can it convert the illicit financial flows to funds for domestic resource mobilization, climate change and conflict… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon Must Roar: at a 7% Minimum!

Cameroon has the resources for its industrialization and agricultural transformation. The economy's current annual growth of 4.9% does not reflect the full potential that lies in… Read more »

Africa: US Companies Missing Out On African Investments - Says ECA's Lopes

On the eve of the Africa-US Summit to be held in Washington DC this week, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has underscored that… Read more »

Africa: 18 Percent - Too Low As Share of Investment in Africa's GDP

African nations must diversify and increase the sources of their growth on both the supply and demand sides of the economy for such growth to be both sustainable and transformative… Read more »

Africa: Africa Can Take the Lead in Financing Its Infrastructure

During the weekend's opening of the Dakar Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa stressed the need to… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Funds Can Help Retain Capital in Africa - Says ECA's Lopes

Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, Wednesday, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has… Read more »

East Africa: FDI Attraction Has Not Delivered On the Development Outcomes Expected

Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) have not essentially delivered on the development outcomes that were expected in Eastern Africa. Read more »

East Africa: Foreign Investments Have Yet to Deliver On Development

Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) have not essentially delivered on the development outcomes that were expected from them in Eastern Africa. Read more »