August 11, 2020
Africa: Vera Songwe Urges China to Participate in the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative in Support of Africa's Liquidity Needs
Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, has called on China to honour the pledge made by President Xi Jinping on his country's participation in the G20… Read more »
August 07, 2020
Africa: Industrialization and Economic Diversification At the Heart of a Reviewed Pref-Cemac
In line with ECA's campaign on the structural transformation of the economies of Central Africa, CEMAC countries have just adopted a five-year post-COVID-19 recovery plan that… Read more »
August 05, 2020
Central Africa: Industry-Schools Linkages, Training Centers and Economic Zones - Vital for Economic Diversification
Inadequate skills development and low productivity are holding down the competitive and economic diversification potential of Central African countries. However, if they draw… Read more »
Africa: ECA-SRO-SA Supports the Development of a Financing Model for Msmes in the Kingdom of Eswatini
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA, Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) convened a one day virtual National Stakeholder meeting on the 3rd of… Read more »
July 27, 2020
Central Africa: Eca's Office for Central Africa Meets Performance Objectives for Q2 of 2020
From successfully supporting member States in the formulation of national AfCFTA strategies and achieving consensus on a unique subregional diversification masterplan, through… Read more »
Africa: Third African Crvs Day Commemorations Set for 10 August Across Continent
Africa marks its third Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day on August 10 with growing calls for nations to classify civil registration as an essential service and… Read more »
July 23, 2020
Africa: Programme Performance Review - Eca Takes Stock of Progress for 2020 2nd Quarter
Economic Commission for Africa staff on Thursday completed a three-day virtual 2nd Quarter Accountability and Programme Performance Review that allowed the institution to take… Read more »
Africa: Eca Sro-SA Centre of Excellence On Inclusive Industrialization Meets It's 2020 Targets Despite Covid-19 Pandemic Setback
The ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) presented significant achievements by the Office during a three-day 2020 second quarter Accountability and Programme… Read more »
Africa: Good Performance for Sro-Wa Despite the Particular Covid-19 Pandemic Situation
The 2020 Second quarter accountability and programme performance review meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) took place virtually on 21, 21 and 23… Read more »
July 22, 2020
Africa: African Ambassadors and UN in China Hold Dialogue On Socio-Economic Response to Covid-19
A Dialogue between the UN in China and the African Ambassadors in Beijing was held today with a focus on the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-economic Response to COVID-19. It… Read more »
North Africa: Eca Office for North Africa Pursues Programme Implementation Despite Covid-19
Despite the impact of COVID19 on event organization and technical support missions to member countries, ECA's Office for North Africa has met half of its targeted results for 2020… Read more »
East Africa: Covid-19 Remains an Impediment to Regional Trade - Kenya Pushes Ahead
At a time when global trade seems so uncertain because of COVID-19 pandemic crisis, a recent paper strikingly highlights that Kenya experienced a significant improvement in exports… Read more »
July 21, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Is Fuelling Acceleration in Digital Transformation in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda - 19 july 2020 (ECA) The world is increasingly going digital but much still need to be done on the continent to increase internet penetration. According to the… Read more »
July 15, 2020
Africa: Hlpf 2020 - Progress in Africa Insufficient to Meet Ambitious 2030 Agenda
Africa is on track in implementing sustainable development goal number 14 on life below water and has made relative good progress on goal 10 which pertains to reduced inequalities. Read more »
Africa: Africa Will Need a Lot of Energy to Power Its COVID-19 Recovery, Says Vera Songwe
Africa will need a lot of energy to build back better in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe,… Read more »
July 07, 2020
West Africa: The ECA in West Africa Takes Stock of the Recommendations of Its 22nd Ice and Prepares for the 23rd Session
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, organized a virtual meeting on Monday with the Bureau of the Twenty-Second… Read more »
Africa: AfCFTA Africa's Plan to Ride Out Crippling Coronavirus Crisis, Says Vera Songwe
Africa does not need a Marshall Plan to ride out the ongoing coronavirus crisis. It has a more powerful tool in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to use in… Read more »
Africa: ECA to Launch Reports On Unleashing the Potential of the Private Sector to Drive Green Growth and Jobs in Africa
The Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division (TCND) at ECA is leading a study on unleashing the potential of the private sector to drive green growth… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Africa Should Eye Strategies to Reduce Import Dependency of Essential Goods
- Africa has been battling to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to address its impacts but the socioeconomic hardship suffered is significant. Read more »
July 01, 2020
Central Africa: Free Roaming Within Cemac By Jan 2021 Is Way to Go!!!
Member States of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) have everything to gain in respecting the January 2021 deadline to finally put an end to surcharges on… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Africa: Keeping the SDGs Promise Still Possible Even With COVID-19, Says Songwe
Africa may have lost some momentum on its quest to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but the continent can fast track and… Read more »
June 29, 2020
Africa: ECA Supports Pilot Project for the Hodh Chargui Region
The ECA Office for North Africa, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization and the Wilaya of Hodh Charghi of the Islamic Republic of… Read more »
Africa: ECA and Its Partners Proceed With the Technical Validation of the Interim Report of the Study On the Establishment of an Autonomous Financing Mechanism for the LGA
Experts from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Liptako Gourma… Read more »
Africa: Land Policy Journal Paving the Way for African Scholars
ECA Press Release Nairobi, Kenya - On 22nd June 2020, the African Land Policy Center (ALPC) held the first Editorial Board Meeting for the African Journal on Land Policy and… Read more »
June 27, 2020
Africa: Marking 75 Years of the Charter of the United Nations
António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Read more »
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