February 04, 2020
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Repositions Its Trade for the AfCFTA
The government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are holding a validation workshop on Sierra Leone's National Trade… Read more »
December 13, 2019
Africa: Sierra Leone National Assembly Embraces Climate Change in Legislation
Over 50 members of Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone were trained on co-production, packaging and application of weather and climate information services (CIS) on the… Read more »
December 17, 2019
Africa: The Gambia Hosts Technical Workshop On National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy
The government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are holding a technical workshop on the Gambia's national AfCFTA… Read more »
December 06, 2019
Nigeria: Complimentary Policies Needed to Position Nigeria's Private Sector for Afcta Gains
Nigeria should invest in complementary policies to position the private sector to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) as well as support groups… Read more »
Nigeria: AfCFTA Forum Identifies Key Challenges Nigeria Should Tackle Ahead of Ratification & Implementation
Nigeria's national African Continental Free Trade Area Forum ended in Lagos Friday with participants identifying key issues that need to be addressed at government and business… Read more »
December 05, 2019
Africa: Nigeria Determined to Fully Implement AfCFTA Terms and Commitments, Industry Minister
Nigeria is determined to fully implement the terms of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and uphold its commitments on trade and regional integration, the… Read more »
December 03, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Minister Urges Experts to Render Big Data Profitable for Africa
- "By 2030, revenues generated by big data in Africa will reach 10 billion dollars, but how much of this will stay in Africa, how many of our youths will play a leading role in the… Read more »
Nigeria: AfCFTA Under Spotlight As Nigeria Hosts National Forum On Historic Agreement
Nigeria, which signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade Agreement in July, is this weekhosting its national AfCFTA Forum on the "Effective Implementation of the AfCFTA… Read more »
November 29, 2019
Africa: Dealing With Land Conflicts and Improving Land Governance for Peace and Stability in Africa At the Heart of a High-Level Dialogue in Abidjan
Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd edition of the Conference on Land… Read more »
November 28, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Readies Strategy for Partaking in Africa's Common Market
- Cameroon's first five-year strategy on which to anchor its gainful participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), expected to go fully operational by 1 July… Read more »
Cameroon: How Partnerships Are Driving the Cameroun Land Reform Process
My name is Amaelle Seigneret. I work as a Research and technical support consultant with IIED (the International Institute for Environment and Development), a research institute… Read more »
November 25, 2019
Africa: ECA, AUC and AfDB Launch the Agriculture and Food Security Joint Thematic Working Group in Abidjan
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), under the auspices of the Joint Secretariat… Read more »
November 20, 2019
West Africa: ECA and Partners Convene Capacity Building Workshop On Infrastructure Delivery and PPPs in West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa and its partners the Global Infrastructure Hub and the African Development Bank will convene A workshop from 26 - 28 November 2019 in Dakar,… Read more »
November 19, 2019
Africa: The Economic Situation and Short-Term Economic Forecasts for Cabo Verde and the Anglophone Countries of the Ecowas Is the Focus of a Seminar in Accra
A seminar on the recent economic situation and short-term economic forecasts for Cabo Verde and the Anglophone countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)… Read more »
November 05, 2019
Cameroon: Towards Cameroon's Final Sprint Into Africa's Free Trade Area
Cameroon's comprehensive plan for tapping into a 1.2 billion people Africa-wide market and a more than US$2.5 trillion continental GDP, in the advent of the African Continental… Read more »
October 30, 2019
Nigeria: 'A Trip to Seme-Krake - Mending the Cracks in the Benin-Nigeria Trade Relationship'
On 21 August this year, the Seme-Krake border between Nigeria and Benin was closed without prior notice. This was part of a broader crackdown by the Nigerian authorities to close… Read more »
Africa: Sao Tome and Principe Urged to Workout African Free Trade Strategy
- The United Nations System has urged the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, a small island state located off the Gulf of Guinea, to "take deliberate action and make the… Read more »
October 29, 2019
Africa: Demographic Dynamics and Sustainable Development At the Heart of a Scientific Conference On Nta-Africa in Senegal
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, is co-organising with the Regional Centre of Excellence in Generational… Read more »
October 24, 2019
São Tomé and Príncipe: ECA Supports Sao Tomé and Principe to Harness Benefits of African Trade
- Following a commitment made in April 2019 during a campaign to educate major stakeholders in Sao Tome and Principe about the opportunities afford by the African Continental Free… Read more »
October 20, 2019
Togo: Togo Sets Seven Priorities for Implementing the AfCFTA
Togo is actively working towards strengthening its institutional mechanisms to ensure a successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as outlined… Read more »
October 17, 2019
Africa: Togo's AfCFTA Implementation Strategy Shows How It Will Make the Most Out of the AfCFTA
The Togolese strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Zone (AfCFTA) was presented today in Lomé, during a validation workshop held from 17 to 18… Read more »
Africa: Cameroon Functionaries Set for More Accountability in Development Planning
Scores of policy and programme planners, statisticians and other national professionals say they have gained considerable insights into ways of optimising their work by routing key… Read more »
October 14, 2019
Africa: Validation Seminar for the AfCFTA National Strategy, 17 and 18 October 2019 in Lomé
Togo is developing its national strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), to be presented for for discussions during a validation seminar… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: Angola and Senegal to Champion Sdg7 Initiative for Africa for 10,000 Mw of Clean Energy Capacity By 2025
9. On the margins of the United Nations Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General,Antonio Guterres to drum up support for climate action, a group of like-minded… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Africa: Angola and Senegal to champion SDG7 Initiative for Africa for 10,000 MW of clean energy capacity by 2025
New York, 26 September 2019- On the margins of the United Nations Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General,Antonio Guterres to drum up support for climate… Read more »