July 15, 2019
Africa: Clean Energy - Eca to Present Sdg7 Bonds in New York
UN Under-Secretary-General and ECA Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, will on 17 July 2019 chair a meeting in New York on "Accelerating clean energy investment in Africa". The… Read more »
Africa: Eca's Vera Songwe to Take Part in High Level Debate On Informality in New York
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, the African Union, the Economic… Read more »
July 13, 2019
Africa: VNR lab reviews progress towards sustainable development goals
New York, July 12, 2019 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its sister regional commissions on Thursday hosted a Regional Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) Lab on… Read more »
July 12, 2019
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Urged to Play 'Complimentary Political Roles'
Niamey, Niger - 4 July 2019 - The African Union Commission in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa,… Read more »
July 11, 2019
Africa: CSO engagement mechanism under spotlight at high-level political forum
New York, 10 July 2019 (ECA) – With the meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development now underway in New York, Africa is galvanising its… Read more »
July 10, 2019
Central Africa: Cemac Leaders Urged to Mainstream Economic Diversification, Regional Value Chain Development in Community Economic Programme
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has once more urged leaders across the Central African subregion, especially those of CEMAC member States, to urgently pursue economic… Read more »
July 09, 2019
Cameroon: UN Begins Support for Coherent Climate, Land, Water and Energy Strategies
New models and tools to help government services pre-empt unproductive competition between food, water, energy and climate change policies and strategies are being introduced in… Read more »
Africa: High-Level Political Forum On Sustainable Development Kicks Off in New York
The meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development kicks off in New York today to evaluate global efforts to achieve the SDGs that focus on quality… Read more »
July 08, 2019
Africa: Recipe for AfCFTA: New report looks at 'what's next' for the Continental Agreement
Niamey, 6 July 2019 (ECA) - The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business… Read more »
West Africa: West Africa - Afreximbank Announces Grant to Uneca for Data Collection On West Africa's Informal Trade
Niamey -- The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Niamey announced a grant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to conduct a one-year pilot… Read more »
July 07, 2019
Africa: UN's Amina Mohammed Pledges Full Support As Africa Begins to Implement Afcfta
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J Mohammed, on Sunday pledged the UN's full support to the African Union as nations begin to earnestly operationalise the landmark… Read more »
July 06, 2019
Africa: Recipe for Afcfta - New Report Looks At 'What's Next' for the Continental Agreement
The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger. Read more »
July 05, 2019
Africa: Africa Working Towards Delivering Credible Censuses During 2020 Round, Says Eca's Muhwava
The vast majority of African countries are preparing for or carrying out their national censuses as part of the 2020 round of census, raising the need for the continent to quickly… Read more »
July 04, 2019
Africa: Launch of Joint Eca-Ohchr-Fes Publication On the Human Rights and Inclusion Dimensions of Digital Trade in Africa
At the 2019 Aid for Trade Global Review, ECA jointly launched a publication with the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung… Read more »
Cameroon: ECA Forge Partnership for Boosting Digital Economy
"To fully succeed in, and become a sub-regional hub of digital transformation, Cameroon must very quickly move on costs, access, quality of services and on improving the sector's… Read more »
Cameroon: ECA to Play Pivotal Role in Retooling Cameroon's Industrial Masterplan
Cameroon's Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Mr. Gabriel Dodo Ndoke has solicited the support of the Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN… Read more »
July 03, 2019
Africa: ECA to Support Cameroon's Digital Transition Strategy
Cameroon's Minister of Post and Telecommunications - Minette Libom Li Likeng - will on Thursday 4 July 2019 from 9.30 am chair a consultation to kick-start collaboration between… Read more »
Africa: Civil Society Forum Meets to Launch the AfCFTA Consultative Dialogue Framework
The Civil Society Forum will meet during the AU Extraordinary Summit in Niamey, Niger. The Summit is taking place to celebrate the Entry into Force of the AfCFTA Agreement and to… Read more »
July 02, 2019
Africa: ECA's 2020 Conference of Ministers to focus on industrialisation in the digital era
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 02, 2019 (ECA) – The fifty-third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Economic… Read more »
Africa: ECA's 2020 Conference of Ministers to Focus On Industrialisation in the Digital Era
The fifty-third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be held in Addis Ababa… Read more »
Africa: Rules of Origin Have the Potential to 'Make-or-Break' the Effectiveness of Afcfta - UN Report
One UN Rwanda organised a policy dialogue to discuss the newly-released UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2019, which notes that, within the context of the current… Read more »
East Africa: ECA and Trademark East Africa Partner Towards the Implementation of Afcfta
In an effort to accelerate the implementation of the AfCFTA, Trademark East Africa and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) signed in June 2019 a Memorandum of… Read more »
July 01, 2019
Africa: African gov'ts urged to move with speed to address over-dependence on imported medicines
Addis Ababa, June 28, 2019 (ECA) – The two-day Horn of Africa trade forum ended Friday in Addis Ababa with participants agreeing that with the African Continental Trade… Read more »
Africa: Technology Set to Improve Data Quality, Timeliness & Dissemination of Census Results, Says Chinganya
A five-day experts group meeting on supporting electronic data collection and dissemination in censuses-making opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday with Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: The Sahel 2043 Prospective Study, the Focus of a Policy Dialogue Organized By the ECA With the Government of Burkina Faso
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, held a policy dialogue with the Government of Burkina Faso on the Sahel… Read more »
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