Africa: Infrastructure Worth Over a Billion Dollars Lost to Cyclone Idai, Says ECA Chief

Africa could have lost infrastructure worth more than a billion dollars following Cyclone Idai, the storm that battered Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Zimbabwe last week,… Read more »

Africa: Addressing root causes of conflicts key to sustainable development in Africa, says UN Deputy Chief

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 (ECA) – Africa cannot have sustainable development without sustaining peace, United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed said… Read more »

Africa: Favourable borrowing terms necessary for better African debt management, says ECA report

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries need to choose borrowing under more favourable conditions and rebalancing their fiscal policy framework to ensure… Read more »

Africa: Consider revising extractive industry agreements, ECA counsels African countries

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – Natural resource-rich African countries should consider revising existing agreements with multinational corporations operating in their… Read more »

Africa: Corruption still poses serious challenge to improved tax administration in Africa - ECA report

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – Increasing use of information technology is improving tax administration in Africa and moving it towards convergence with global… Read more »

Africa: ECA urges African countries to focus more on non-tax revenues to boost development

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries seeking innovative ways to improve revenue collection to finance development need to focus on non-tax revenue… Read more »

Africa: Tax reforms could yield African countries $72 billion in extra revenue -- ECA Report

Addis Ababa/Marrakesh, Mar. 23, 2019 – Africa could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually if comprehensive… Read more »

Africa: Africa should adopt pro-poor fiscal policy to meet deadline for development – ECA report

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income… Read more »

Africa: Africa needs double-digit growth to achieve SDGs, says Economic Report on Africa

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 -- African countries need to grow their economies faster if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030, the… Read more »

Africa: The Digital Transformation As a Tool for Inclusive Trade-Led Industrialisation in Africa

A side event themed, Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Industrialisation took place this Saturday in Marrakech, Morocco. The event had four panellists from… Read more »

Africa: Flagship Reports On African Regional Integration

African leaders have intensified their efforts to promote regional integration as evidenced by establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), ratifying the… Read more »

Africa: Assessing Inclusion and Human Rights Implications of Digital Trade

Digital trade offers an innovative tool for industrial leapfrogging and income convergence, and human rights can provide firm ground for a consistent policy framework and… Read more »

Africa: Tax Reforms Could Yield African Countries $72 Billion in Extra Revenue - ECA Report

Arica could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually if comprehensive tax reforms are carried out, the Economic… Read more »

Africa: Africa Should Adopt Pro-Poor Fiscal Policy to Meet Deadline for Development - ECA Report

African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income distribution and inequality, says the Economic… Read more »

Africa: Smart ways of buying Africa's railway vehicles, up for debate at COM2019

Marrakech, 22  March  2019 (ECA) –  An event to kick start solid arrangements for the innovative financing of railway vehicles that would ply the African… Read more »

Africa: African Free Trade is almost here, delegates to ECA's 52nd Session rejoice

Marrakech, 22 March 2019 (ECA) –  Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning… Read more »

Africa: COM 2019: ECA moves to the agenda of regional integration in Africa

Marrakech (Morocco), 20 March 2019 - Following the launching of the 52 nd  session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of… Read more »

Africa: Policy, Trade and the Private Sector in the Digital Era to dominate debate as Conference of African Ministers kicks off in Marrakesh

The annual Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - COM2019 - kicked off in Marrakesh on Wednesday, with… Read more »

Africa: Experts tease out kingpin role of digitization for Africa's revenue harvest

Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa’s development. Read more »

Africa: Com 2019 - Eca Moves to the Agenda of Regional Integration in Africa

Following the launching of the 52nd session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of Regional Integration and Trade, Mr. Stephen… Read more »

Africa: African countries can do better with improved fiscal policy, says Songwe

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – The 38 th  meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic… Read more »

Africa: Africa needs policies to protect its economies from vulnerabilities

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – African countries need policies that can help build resilience, raise potential growth and inclusiveness if the continent is to… Read more »

Africa: Stakes of COM 2019 spelt out to media with accolades to Moroccan hosts

Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – “The Government of Morocco has done a wonderful job” in laying the ground work for the kick-off of the 52 nd  Session of the… Read more »

Africa: Experts Tease Out Kingpin Role of Digitization for Africa's Revenue Harvest

Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa's development. Read more »

Africa: Adedeji Lecture to Focus On Promise and Peril of Digital Transformation, Says Eca's Nwuke

The Economic Commission for Africa's annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture will this year interrogate ideas, identify action areas, and propose tangible suggestions for debate and… Read more »