June 06, 2023
Africa: ECA Trains on the Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit (IPRT) with Uganda's National Planning Authority
Kampala, Uganda, 02 June 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) trained key Ugandan government officials during a four (4) day applied training program on… Read more »
May 02, 2023
Africa: Harmonised methods for informal cross border trade data collection critical in monitoring intra-African Trade
Kampala, Uganda, 28 April 2023 (ECA) - Informal cross border trade in Africa is known to be large and an important contributor to the livelihoods of millions of Africans but there… Read more »
January 24, 2020
Africa: Preparations Underway for Africa Climate Week 2020 in Kampala
Preparations are underway for Africa Climate Week 2020, which will be convened in Kampala, Uganda, 9-13 March 2020. The overview programme and further details have been published… Read more »
July 26, 2019
Uganda: Workshop to Discuss Uganda's Urban Strategy As Nation Strives for Industrialization
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Planning Authority (NPA) of Uganda are next week hosting a two-day workshop to review the country's draft Urban Strategy… Read more »
July 09, 2018
Africa: Supporting Uganda's Vision 2040 With Gender Equality and Demographic Dividend
The African Center for Gender in partnership with the Population and Youth Section of the social Development Policy Division at Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched the… Read more »
February 08, 2018
Africa: Uganda Urgently Needs to Move From Policy to Action to Achieve Road Safety - UN Report
The number of road traffic fatalities reported in Uganda has increased seven-fold over the past 25 years and 10 people die every day due to road traffic injuries, according to the… Read more »
September 14, 2017
Uganda: ECA Calls Uganda to Make Industrial Policy More Effective
Kampala - Uganda 14 September 2017 (ECA)- In the last two decades, Uganda's economy has been performing impressively and has managed to reduce, by over half, the proportion of… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: Project Aiming to Improve Africa's Cities and Wellbeing of Its People Launched in Uganda
The Economic Commission for Africa on Friday launched a new project that aims to transform Africa's cities and improve the wellbeing of its citizens. Read more »
July 15, 2016
Uganda: Uganda Needs a Smart Industrial Policy
Kampala, Uganda, 15 July 2016 (ECA) – In order to achieve sustainable economic growth, Uganda should focus on developing a more effective industrial policy based on its… Read more »
July 09, 2015
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 »
December 05, 2014
East Africa: The Implications of the GDP Rebasing Exercise for Uganda and the EAC
The Government of Uganda released last week, updated figures that raised the country's GDP by 13.1 percent from 63,905 billion shillings ($24.7bn) to 68,407 billion shilling… Read more »
November 04, 2014
Africa: Will the IGAD hospitality plan overcome regional reluctance to capitalise on global tourism?
Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are in the process of formulating their own broad tourism plans in an effort to implement the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development's Sustainable… Read more »
August 27, 2013
East Africa: ECA Kicks Off Discussions On Investing in National Champions in Eastern Africa
Ambassadors and senior government officials representing Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda met with the Director and staff members of… Read more »