May 06, 2017
West Africa: Experts Seek to Accelerate Structural Transformation in West Africa
A two-day Ad hoc expert group meeting on "The impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET)on the structural transformation of… Read more »
May 02, 2017
West Africa: The ECA and Niger in Partnership to Promote Use of ICTs in West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework to organize a Forum on… Read more »
West Africa: The ECA and the National Assembly of Niger Undertake to Promote the Use of ICTs in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework for… Read more »
April 08, 2017
West Africa: Ad Hoc Experts' Group Meeting On the Common External Tariff and the Economic Partnership Agreements in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising an Ad hoc Experts' Group… Read more »
April 06, 2017
West Africa: Burkina Faso to Host 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa and the Government of Burkina Faso will in May co-host the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee… Read more »
April 17, 2017
Africa: Vera Songwe Appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the… Read more »
April 10, 2017
North Africa: Nouakchott - ECA Takes Part in SDGs Follow-Up in the Maghreb
A delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA, Office for North Africa) embarked on a one week visit to Mauritania, to meet high level officials from the Ministries of… Read more »
April 04, 2017
West Africa: Analyses and Recommendations for the Structural Transformation of West African Countries
The Economic Commission for Africa proceeded with the launching of the second generation of ECA Country Profiles on March 25 in Dakar. Read more »
March 26, 2017
Africa: ERA 2017 Launched in Dakar - Calls On Africa to Take Advantage of Rapid Urbanization
The Economic Report on Africa (ERA2017) which examines how the continent can accelerate industrialization as a vehicle for Africa's structural transformation by harnessing… Read more »
Africa: In Dakar, Joint AU-Eca Conference Postponed to a Later Date
Following the impasse on the objections raised by Morocco and other member States on the participation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), and the legal arguments presented… Read more »
March 07, 2017
Africa: "Cities Are the Engines of Development, Youths Their Mechanics" - Senegal
The Economic Commission for Africa organised, Saturday 25 March in Dakar (Senegal) in partnership with the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), the African Union… Read more »
March 23, 2017
Africa: Africa Development Week Opens in Dakar With Clarion Call for Policies That Cater for Youth
It is imperative for African governments to adopt coherent strategies and national development plans that address the continent's challenges of growth, inequality and unemployment,… Read more »
March 16, 2017
Africa: ECA 2017 Launch Set for Dakar, Senegal
All is set for the launch of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA2017) which examines how the continent can accelerate industrialization as a vehicle for Africa's structural… Read more »
March 20, 2017
Africa: Nigeria's Deputy President Osibanjo to Deliver ECA's Annual Adedeji Lecture
Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Oluyemi Osibanjo, will be guest speaker at the Economic Commission for Africa's annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture Series during the ECA's second… Read more »
Africa: Key ECA Reports to Be Launched During African Development Week in Senegal
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will this week launch important reports at the second Africa Development Week that begins here March 23 ending March 28, 2017. Read more »
March 05, 2017
West Africa: Integration in West Africa - The Efforts of the ECA Praised
In the framework of its partnership with Senghor University, the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) provides… Read more »
March 07, 2017
Guinea: ECA Collaboration With Guinea Begins to Bear Fruit
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 28 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is continuing to work in partnership with the Government of Guinea on a number of initiatives… Read more »
February 27, 2017
Mauritania: ECA, Mauritania Strengthen National Data Collection for Better Statistics
Economic Commission for Africa initiated today a technical assistance mission in support to the Mauritanian national statistics office (Office National de la Statistique, ONS). The… Read more »
February 21, 2017
Africa: Liberian President Meets ECA Team to Advance Collaboration Pact
A delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa recently met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss continued collaboration between the two parties and… Read more »
February 20, 2017
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire Receives a Boost for Development Planning from the ECA
On Monday, the Ivoirian Government, through the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) and the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
February 03, 2017
Cote d'Ivoire: Development Planning - The ECA Lends Its Support to Côte d'Ivoire
On February 20th in Abidjan, the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of… Read more »
January 30, 2017
West Africa: Guterres Commends Ecowas for Role in Gambia's Peaceful Transition
(ECA) - The 28th African Union Summit opened in Ethiopia Monday with United Nations Secretary, General Antonio Guterres, commending the 'extraordinary' unity and leadership showed… Read more »
December 03, 2016
Africa: Experts Held Discussions On Entrepreneurship in Africa
On 13 December 2016, the Finance and Private Sector Section of the Macroeconomic policy Division of UNECA organized an Experts Group Meeting at UNCC in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to… Read more »
December 04, 2016
Africa: Dakar to Host the 2017 Joint ECA-AU Annual Ministerial Conference
Preparations are underway for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to be held in Dakar,… Read more »
December 10, 2016
Africa: Senegal, ECA and NEPAD to Launch Infrastructure Investment Tool in Dakar
A global tool designed to increase private sector investment in Africa's transboundary infrastructure will be unveiled in Dakar on 15 December at the King Fahd Hotel. Read more »
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