March 21, 2019
Africa: Experts tease out kingpin role of digitization for Africa's revenue harvest
Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa’s development. Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: Africa needs policies to protect its economies from vulnerabilities
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – African countries need policies that can help build resilience, raise potential growth and inclusiveness if the continent is to… Read more »
Africa: Stakes of COM 2019 spelt out to media with accolades to Moroccan hosts
Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – “The Government of Morocco has done a wonderful job” in laying the ground work for the kick-off of the 52 nd Session of the… Read more »
February 01, 2019
Morocco: Com2019 - Vera Songwe Signs Agreement With Morocco, Urges Rabat to Ratify Afcfta
Rabat, 31st January (ECA) - ECA's Executive Secretary Vera Songwe signed on Wednesday 30 January an agreement in preparation for the organization of the 52nd Conference of African… Read more »
January 31, 2019
Morocco: Com2019 - Vera Songwe Signs MOU With Morocco, Urges Rabat to Ratify Afcfta
- ECA's Executive Secretary Vera Songwe signed on Wednesday 30 January an MoU in preparation for the organization of the 52nd Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning… Read more »
December 10, 2018
Africa: FAO and ECA Train Experts for Better Food Security Monitoring in Morocco
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) initiated today in Rabat (Morocco) a three-day national workshopon food… Read more »
September 18, 2018
Africa: Africa sharpens expertise in agricultural statistics
Rabat, 17 September 2018 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the National Institute for Statistics and Applied Economics… Read more »
May 14, 2018
Africa: Afcfta a Milestone in Africa's Journey Towards Prosperity, Says Morocco's Finance Minister
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a major milestone that will no doubt lead to a prosperous integrated Africa that is less dependent on outside sources for its… Read more »
October 05, 2017
Africa: In Morocco, Vera Songwe Meets With Officials to Advance Collaboration
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe held bilateral meetings with Moroccan officials on the sidelines of the 32nd Intergovernmental Committee… Read more »
July 21, 2017
Africa: Regional Integration - African Directors of Statistics to Meet in Morocco in 2019
In a meeting held on 20 July 2017 in Marrakech, under the joint chairmanship of Morocco's High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi and ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary for… Read more »
June 02, 2017
Mauritania: Mauritania Collaborates With ECA and Morocco for Better National Account Accuracy
A delegation from the Mauritanian national statistics office (Office National de la Statistique, ONS) initiated today a field trip to its Moroccan equivalent, the High Commission… Read more »
November 08, 2016
Africa: Abdalla Hamdok Leads Eca Delegation to "Cop of Action"
Preparations are in high gear for the participation of a delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the 22th session of the Conference of Parties (COP22) of the… Read more »
October 04, 2016
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: Press & Media Accreditations At Cop22 - Registrations Open Until 17 October
African and international journalists still have until 17 October to apply for their press and media accreditations to attend the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22/CMP12).… Read more »
June 13, 2016
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 »
January 01, 2016
Morocco: Link Between Remittances and Development Studied in Rabat (Regional Workshop)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA Office for North Africa) and the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will organize on 1-2 February 2016 in Rabat (Morocco) a… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Lopes to Discuss New African-Chinese Paradigm in Marrakech
ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes will visit Morocco on 24-27 November, to take part in the 2015 Sino-African Entrepreneurs Summit and meet several Moroccan ministers and high… Read more »
October 08, 2015
Africa: North Africans Discuss Regionalisation and the Cfta
The Economic Commission for Africa launched Wednesday 28 October in Rabat (Morocco) a North African private sector workshop on the challenges of trade integration within the… Read more »
October 21, 2015
Africa: Rabat to Host Continental Trade Forum
Rabat, 20 October 2015 (ECA) - From 27 to 31 October 2015, Rabat (Morocco) will host the Sixth North Africa Development Forum, under the theme "North Africa and Continental Free… Read more »
May 26, 2015
Africa: Optimizing Remittance Impact to Finance Development in Morocco
ECA, 21st April 2015: The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized on 19-20 May in Rabat (Morocco), with the collaboration of the Ministry in charge of the Ministry in… Read more »
May 15, 2015
Morocco: Expatriates a Catalyst for Economic Development
In partnership with the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs as well as the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), the… Read more »
October 06, 2014
Africa: Marrakech Consensus Calls for Greater Partnership Between the Private and Public Sector to Accelerate Africa's Transformation
: Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened… Read more »
October 15, 2014
Morocco: Morocco Calls for African Solidarity and Progress
ADF's host government urges a new development approach for a new, emerging Africa Read more »
October 14, 2014
Africa: 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 »
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 »
