Africa: Com2019 an Opportunity to Create Impactful Solutions to Africa's Challenges, Says Chinganya

The annual Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM) is a great opportunity for Africa's ministers and experts from around the world to… Read more »

Africa: All Set for Era2019 Launch - Focuses On Fiscal Policy for Financing Sustainable Development in Africa

All is set for the launch of the Economic Report on Africa - ERA2019 - which examines institutional and policy reforms that are needed to enable African countries to maximize… Read more »

Africa: Publication Commemorating ECA's 60th Anniversary Launched During the Conference of Ministers

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government of Morocco, launched this Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, a publication commemorating the 60th… Read more »

Africa: UN Family in Ethiopia Pay Their Respects to Personnel Killed in Airline Crash

United Nations staff in Ethiopia gathered today at the UN Conference Centre for a minute of silence and a flag lowering ceremony in memory of the 19 United Nations personnel killed… Read more »

Africa: UN family mourns the victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Addis Ababa, 10 March 2019 (ECA) - The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing… Read more »

Africa: UN Chief 'Deeply Saddened' By Ethiopia Plane Crash Which Killed More Than 150, Including 19 UN Staff

An Ethiopian Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN Secretary-General António… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Family Mourns the Victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines Crash

The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu,… Read more »

Africa: Productive Transformation Is a Must for Africa - AU Committee

There is no alternative to the equation of "developing an African industrial fabric, capable of boosting our production and processing capacity, and reducing our dependence on… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Says World Loses Trillions to Gender Inequality

Addis Ababa 7 March 2019 (ECA) "When you have women in positions of leadership, business does better and there's more innovation, more value creation and more profit," said Vera… Read more »

Africa: Boosting Access to Electricity Key for Africa's Development, Says ECA's Songwe

Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said… Read more »

Africa: Leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative to link African countries to regional and global markets

Strategic logistics are an important consideration in the long term planning and development of Africa’s regional transport infrastructure. Big data analysis show that seven… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Its Partners' Report At Com2019 On the Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area

The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present recommendations that emanate from one of its annual… Read more »

Africa: Knowledgeable, Skilled Mayors Needed to Drive Change in Ethiopia's Cities

A three-day multi-stakeholder capacity development workshop to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the Ethiopian urban… Read more »

Africa: Afcfta Provides Unique Platform for Africa's Economic Transformation, Says Ethiopian Minister

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) provides the continent with an opportunity to develop regional value chains that will lead to market expansion and creation of… Read more »

Africa: ECA-WB Workshop Focuses On Jobs and Economic Transformation in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Bank on Tuesday hosted a Roundtable Workshop on Jobs and Economic Transformation to further the dialogue on employment… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia Reforms Aim to Increase Private Sector Participation in Economy

Ethiopia is implementing reforms to broaden the participation of the private sector in the country's economy as well as increase competitiveness as it seeks to create decent jobs… Read more »

Africa: Innovation Key to Creating Much-Needed Jobs in Africa, Says Songwe

Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera… Read more »

Africa: ECA discusses with Journalists the enormous potential offered by the AfCFTA

Monrovia, Liberia, 21 February (ECA) - The success of the African Continental Free Trade area will depend on a range of policies to address trade, investment and industrialization… Read more »

Africa: Multinationals have important role to play in integrating African economies

Addis Ababa, 20 February 2019 (ECA) – According to the Economic Commission for Africa, the United States and other foreign investors potentially have a very important role to… Read more »

Africa: UN and AU Leaders Give Merits to Joint Development Mechanism for Africa

The UN's Regional Coordination Mechanism to support the African Union and its programs (RCM-Africa) is all about upscaling efforts to get needed sustainable development results for… Read more »

Africa: Quality Research Needed to Help Implement the Afcfta

With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meeting for the Economic Research Conference in Kigali… Read more »

Africa: Com2019 - All Set for 20th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa

All is set for the 20th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM) and the third meeting jointly organized with the Africa Regional United Nations Sustainable… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN to Host Workshop On Sustainable Urban Development in Ethiopia

A multi-stakeholder capacity development workshop is planned for 6-8 March, 2019 to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Should Leverage Luxembourg Rail Protocol to Boost Transport Infrastructure

African States are losing out on massive opportunities to acquire railway transport vehicles at no financial cost go governments, but adherence to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol… Read more »

Africa: Tax Reform, Digitization Key to Financing Africa's Development - ECA Report

A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging… Read more »