Africa: Findings of the Gender Focus Group

Objective: Gender is one of the ADF's cross cutting issues. A group of participants have been holding focus group sessions in a bid to ensure that the issue of gender is… Read more »

Africa: ICTs for Improved Governance

Chair: Hisham El-Sharif, Chairman, RITSEC, Chairman, IT Investments Holdings, Egypt; Presenters: Bhavya Lal, Senior Policy Analyst, Abt Associates, USA; Salomao Manhica, Office of… Read more »

Africa: Strategies for Policy Research: A role for African Think Tanks

Chair: Joseph Abbey, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Analysis, Ghana; Panel: Shola Taylor, African Telecommunications Policy Think Tank, UK; Banji Oyeyinka, Nigerian… Read more »

Africa: DF Panel Summary - Globalization and the Information Economy

Chair: Mary Chinery-Hesse, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization; Presenters: Catherine Nyaki Adera, UN University Institute for New Technologies; Derrick… Read more »

Africa: ADF Panel Summary - Strengthening Africa's Information Infrastructure

Chair: Hamadoun I. Toure, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU, Switzerland; Presenter: Michael Jensen, Independent Consultant; Panel: H.E. John Mahama, Minister of… Read more »

Africa: ADF Panel Summary - Democratizing Access to the Information Society

Chair: Shuller Habeenzu, Director, Zamnet, Zambia; Presenter: Aida Opoku-Mensah, Ford Foundation, Nigeria; Panel: H.E. Arnaldo Valenti Nhavato, Minister of Education, Mozambique;… Read more »

Africa: ADF Panel Summary - "Progress towards the African Information Age"

Chair: Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator, UNDP Presenter: Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director, Development Information Services Division, ECA Panel: H.E. Justin Malewezi,… Read more »

Africa: Knowledge: The New Global Asset, The Very Premise Of Progress

Information and communication technologies are not a luxury, but rather a tool for economic and social development, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Louise… Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs A New Paradigm For Development

Speakers set the scene for the first African Development Forum by highlighting domestic private sector, science and technology, good governance and key requirements for a… Read more »

Africa: Knowledge Is The New Global Asset, The Very Premise Of Progress

Information and communication technologies are not a luxury, but rather a tool for economic and social development, the Deputy Secretary- General of the United Nations, Ms. Louise… Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs A New Paradigm For Development In The 21st Century

Speakers set the scene for the first African Development Forum by highlighting domestic private sector, science and technology, good governance and key requirements for a… Read more »

Africa: African Development Forum '99's Program

The goal of ADF '99 is to develop and support African initiatives that are fundamental to shaping the African information age. It is the culmination of three years of activities to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Forum - List Of Available Documents

E/ECA/ADF99/1 African Country Profiles: National Information and Communication Infrastructure (English and French) Read more »

Africa: African Development Forum October 24-28

Some of the most vibrant and innovative applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development will occupy centre stage as more than 600 experts from… Read more »

Africa: NO HEADLINE

12-13 October - Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on 'Qualitative & Quantity Data for Policy Analysis'. Focal Division: Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD). Contact: Ms.… Read more »

South Africa: The African Development Forum - Dialogue for the African Renaissance

The following is an address delivered by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA, in Pretoria on October 11, 1999 on the occasion of the inauguration of the African Renaissance… Read more »

Africa: ADF Forum October 24-28

African Development Forum (ADF), to be convened in Addis Ababa under the theme "The Challenge to Africa of Globalisation and the Information Age", from 24 - 28 October 1999. Read more »

Africa: List of ECA Events for the month of September 1999

Please find as follows the list of ECA Events for the month of September 1999: 30 August - 1 September - Technical Preparatory Meeting for African Development Forum '99. Focal… Read more »

Africa: ECA Executive Secretary to meet Mbeki on official visit to SA

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Mr. K.Y. Amoako will today discuss a new ECA initative, the African Development Forum… Read more »

Africa: Debt Relief To Focus On Poverty

African stakeholders reach consensus on key areas for reforming the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. "Broader, deeper, faster debt relief will only be effective if… Read more »

Africa: Debt Relief To Focus On Poverty, Institutional Reform &

African stakeholders reach consensus on key areas for reforming the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. "Broader, deeper, faster debt relief will only be effective if… Read more »

Africa: HIPC Review Phase II: Experts Meet

A two-day seminar to discuss Phase II of the review of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative convenes here tomorrow, under the theme 'Strengthening the… Read more »

Africa: HIPC Review Phase II: Experts Meet To Sharpen Poverty Focus

A two-day seminar to discuss Phase II of the review of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative convenes here tomorrow, under the theme 'Strengthening the… Read more »

Africa: Seattle, UNCTAD X reflects "genuine commitment" to Africa's growth

A three-day meeting convened to formulate common African positions on key global trade issues ended here today with a call for developed countries to ensure that Africa received a… Read more »

Africa: Africans meet to prepare for Seattle & UNCTAD X

Geneva-based African negotiators, representatives of regional economic communities, and experts from relevant UN agencies kicked off a three-day meeting here today to help prepare… Read more »