Southern Africa: SMEs to Gain Priority At the 25th Ice of Southern Africa to Be Hosted By the Kingdom of Eswatini

The first Consultative Meeting of the Bureau of the 24th Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa met and resolved that the theme for the 25th ICE meeting… Read more »

Africa: Developing Urban Futures a Chance for Africa to Redesign Its Cities As Engines of Growth, Says Songwe

Africa needs to redesign its cities in a way that will create jobs for its growing youth population, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said… Read more »

Africa: Adopt Harmonised Land Policy, Experts Urge Members States

The two days Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting (AEGM) on the theme "Land, Identity and Socio-Economic Transformation in Southern Africa" has ended today with experts urging Member… Read more »

Africa: Launch of the 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report - Towards a Transformed and Resilient Continent

The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report: Towards a transformed and resilient continent was launched during the 12th Session of the Committee of Director-Generals of the… Read more »

Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence - November 25 - December 10, 2018

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international UNiTE advocacy campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. Read more »

Africa: Pida Week Ends With Calls On Africa to Accelerate Implementation of Game-Changing Infrastructure Projects

Addressing Africa's infrastructure gap remains an imperative that African governments should continue to take seriously if the continent is to realise the aspirations its people as… Read more »

Africa: Enable Access to Land for All Socio Classes - Says ECA's Adejumobi

Southern African countries have been urged to ensure regional frameworks on land are carefully interrogated to guarantee access for all social classes. The Economic Commission for… Read more »

Africa: Mauritania Iguide Now Available to Investors

- The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Pledges Continued Support for Africa's Blue Economy

In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic… Read more »

Africa: ECA Presents New Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (Nua) in Africa to Local Authorities

-The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a session on the recently-produced Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda… Read more »

Africa: Investors Can Now Make Use of a New Online Guide to Mauritania

The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private… Read more »

Africa: Let Us Make Africa's Infrastructure Competitive, Zimbabwean Minister Urges Continent At Pida Week

Africa needs to unite and work hard to reverse colonial infrastructure systems which promoted the extraction of profitable agricultural and mineral wealth for export at the expense… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Soteri Urges African Countries to Sign the Luxembourg Protocol

Railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the continent's sustainable development agenda, Soteri Gatera, Chief of… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Infrastructure Deficit Under Spotlight As Pida Week 2018 Opens in Victoria Falls

The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week 2018 opened in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Monday with a media breakfast that brought together journalists,… Read more »

Africa: Weather Forecasting Experts Converge for a Write-Shop to Draft an African Regional Climate Outlook Forum Best Practices Document

More than 20 weather experts from across Africa met in Windhoek, Namibia from the 22-23 November to identify best practices in the African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOFs)… Read more »

Africa: Retreat of the Idep Technical Advisory Committee

From 31 October to 01 November 2018, the IDEP Technical Advisory Committee retreat was held in Dakar (Senegal) on the review of IDEP's training activities and research program. The… Read more »

Africa: East African Countries Agree to Strenghten Regional Integration Through the Continental Free Trade Area

Kigali, Rwanda, 22 November - Representatives of 14 countries in East Africa have agreed that the African Continental Free Trade Area, the AfCFTA, represents a unique opportunity… Read more »

West Africa: The ECA and Its Partners Meet to Improve On the Implementation of the Centre of Excellence in Demographic Dynamics for Development in West Africa

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) is organizing, starting today at the National School of Statistics and… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Protocol On the Free Movement of People Under Spotlight At ECA Meeting

Africa needs a major mindset change so it can tear down the physical and mental borders imposed during colonial times so citizens can embrace each other for the betterment of the… Read more »

Africa: Experts converge to review report on African migration

Addis Ababa, 19 November 2018 (ECA) - Members of the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) met in Addis Ababa on 19 November to review a report that aims to buttress… Read more »

East Africa: East African Countries Urged to Up Their Game to Attract Private Tourism Investments

A two-day Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting opened in Kigali Wednesday with participants exploring avenues through which financing for tourism development in the Eastern Africa region… Read more »

East Africa: Regional Cooperation in East Africa Set to Tackle Energy Insecurity

The Energy Security Policy Framework launched today in Kigali by the East African Community in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Africa, ECA will help East African… Read more »

Africa: ECA Supports Member States Develop Afcfta Implementation Strategies, Says Biha

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working with member States on the continent to ensure they make the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) a reality, says Deputy… Read more »

Africa: Continent Free Trade Area Should Help Close Gender Equality Gaps in Africa

The signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in March 2018 in Kigali set the stage for the integration of the African continent into a single market. Read more »

East Africa: East Africa the Fastest Growing Region in Africa, With People Leading Longer and Healthier Lives

- With an average growth rate of 6.7% between 2013 and 2017 - double the African average - East Africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, accompanied by rapid… Read more »