March 23, 2019
Africa: ECA urges African countries to focus more on non-tax revenues to boost development
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries seeking innovative ways to improve revenue collection to finance development need to focus on non-tax revenue… Read more »
Africa: Africa should adopt pro-poor fiscal policy to meet deadline for development – ECA report
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income… Read more »
Africa: Africa needs double-digit growth to achieve SDGs, says Economic Report on Africa
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 -- African countries need to grow their economies faster if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030, the… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: African Free Trade Is Almost Here, Delegates to Eca's 52nd Session Rejoice
Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have applauded the Federal… Read more »
March 22, 2019
Africa: African Free Trade is almost here, delegates to ECA's 52nd Session rejoice
Marrakech, 22 March 2019 (ECA) – Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning… Read more »
Africa: Policy, Trade and the Private Sector in the Digital Era to dominate debate as Conference of African Ministers kicks off in Marrakesh
The annual Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - COM2019 - kicked off in Marrakesh on Wednesday, with… Read more »
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: African countries can do better with improved fiscal policy, says Songwe
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – The 38 th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic… Read more »
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 »
March 06, 2019
Africa: ECA and Its Partners' Report At Com2019 On the Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present recommendations that emanate from one of its annual… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: Cameroon's Critical Role in Implementing Africa's Free Trade Area, Rebooted
Cameroon needs the markets that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create to achieve the its goal of becoming an upper middle-income state, the country's… Read more »
February 28, 2019
Africa: ATPC Fourth Steering Committee Meeting
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held its fourth Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) from 27 to 28 February 2019 in Libreville,… Read more »
March 06, 2019
Africa: Leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative to link African countries to regional and global markets
Strategic logistics are an important consideration in the long term planning and development of Africa’s regional transport infrastructure. Big data analysis show that seven… Read more »
March 04, 2019
Africa: ECA discusses with Journalists the enormous potential offered by the AfCFTA
Monrovia, Liberia, 21 February (ECA) - The success of the African Continental Free Trade area will depend on a range of policies to address trade, investment and industrialization… Read more »
Africa: Multinationals have important role to play in integrating African economies
Addis Ababa, 20 February 2019 (ECA) – According to the Economic Commission for Africa, the United States and other foreign investors potentially have a very important role to… Read more »
March 01, 2019
Africa: Experts Review Guidelines for National Afcfta Implementation Plans
Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA), African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) are meeting in Libreville, Gabon today to review the guidelines for preparing national… 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 »
January 30, 2019
Africa: ECA and Unctad Conduct Three-Day Workshop On Services Trade in Africa
The Economic Commission for African (ECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have teamed up to help develop the services trade in Africa by… Read more »
January 08, 2019
Central African Republic: The Central African Republic Gets Set for Free Trade
A total of 83 leaders from the public and private sectors of the Central African Republic (CAR) have completed a three-day training to appropriate rules of origin procedures for… Read more »
December 31, 2018
Africa: Intra-African Trade Fair Set to Unlock Africa's Potential As More Countries Expected to Sign & Ratify Afcfta
As 2018 comes to an end, there are many stories that touched our hearts as the year progressed, among them the migration story that continued to hog the limelight as international… Read more »
Africa: Communications Crucial for Successful Implementation of AfCFTA
Communications must play a crucial role in building awareness on the gender implications of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and the accord as a whole,… Read more »
December 18, 2018
Africa: African Union Ministers of Trade Conclusively Reach Consensus On All Outstanding Issues On Afcfta Modalities for Tariff Liberalization
- The seventh meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) ended in Egypt this week with the ministers reaching an agreement on crucial aspects of the African Continental… Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: AITF 2018 - First Intra-African Trade Fair Opens With Call for Initiatives That Drive Afcfta
The first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held on the continent opened in Cairo Tuesday with the President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Benedict… Read more »
December 15, 2018
Africa: Didier Drogba Makes Appearance At Intra-African Trade Fair, Touts Africa's Capabilities
Reaching its four-day mark yesterday, the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) welcomed Didier Drogba, a renowned footballer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, to a session where he told… Read more »