Africa: African Experts Hone Their Knowledge of Agricultural Statistics

The Economic Commission for Africa launched today, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the High Commission… Read more »

Africa: Expert Group Meeting On Governing STI for Sustainable Development Opens in Addis Ababa

Science, technology and innovation resources should be strengthened, mobilized, rationally allocated, efficiently used and effectively promoted and appreciated if STIs are to… Read more »

Africa: IDEP Organises a Training Workshop On Perspective Studies for the Benefit of Twenty African Policymakers

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) organized a five day training workshop on perspective studies in Tunis, from the 17th - 21st July 2017. The… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches the 2016 Malawi Country Profile

Twenty-one country profiles were released in 2016, covering Angola, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland in the Southern Africa region. Others are Central… Read more »

Africa: Final Call for Abstracts - 2017 Conference On Land Policy in Africa

"The Africa We Want: Achieving socioeconomic transformation through inclusive and equitable access to land by the youth" is the theme of the 2017 Conference on Land Policy in… Read more »

Africa: ECA Deputy Chief Highlights the Vital Need for Sound Statistics in Africa

Ms. Giovanie Biha, ECA Deputy Executive Secretary, argues that sound statistics are essential to help African countries to analyse what is going on the continent and better plan… Read more »

Africa: Regional Integration - African Directors of Statistics to Meet in Morocco in 2019

In a meeting held on 20 July 2017 in Marrakech, under the joint chairmanship of Morocco's High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi and ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary for… Read more »

Nigeria: Amdc Calls for an Inclusive Mineral Sector in Nigeria

Adopting and domesticating the African Mining Vision (AMV) will contribute to laying the institutional groundwork and cementing strong accountability mechanisms that are vital for… Read more »

Africa: Stakeholders Make Case for Open Data in Africa At Report Launch

The maiden edition of The Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR2016) has been launched in Accra, Ghana, with calls for governments and other data producers to make data open,… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Land Commissions Commit to Recognizing and Securing Community Land Rights

The regional workshop with African Land Commissions on securing community land rights ended in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday with participants committing to advancing policy, legal and… Read more »

Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration Launched in Ghana

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today unveiled a Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project to track… Read more »

Africa: ECA Pushes Africa's Integration Agenda, Inclusivity and Equitable Trade At the 2017 Aid for Trade Global Review

The just-ended Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 that was held on the theme "Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development" saw the Economic Commission… Read more »

Africa: Customary Land Managers Share Lessons & Experiences With Africa's Land Commissioners

The regional workshop for Africa's Land Commissioners focusing on securing community land rights continued today with participants visiting two prominent communities to learn… Read more »

Africa: UN Regional Economic Commissions Share Perspectives On SDGs Progress and Implementation

14 July New York, During a panel on SDGs "implementation at the regional and subregional levels" at the ongoing High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development,UN Regional… Read more »

Africa: Inception Workshop to Launch the Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (Mela) Project

Inception workshop to launch the Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project - a pilot study to track progress in the implementation of the African Union Declaration… Read more »

Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration to Be Unveiled in Ghana

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will on Thursday hold an inception workshop in Accra, Ghana, to launch the Monitoring… Read more »

Africa: African Land Commissioners' Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Opens in Accra

The first ever meeting of African Land Commissioners opened in Accra Monday with Ghana's Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu, lamenting the extreme levels of… Read more »

Africa: ECA Holds Annual Meeting With Development Partners

The Economic Commission for Africa presented its key achievements at its annual meeting with its group of development partners on 7 July, highlighting its continued support to the… Read more »

Ghana: Workshop With African Land Commissions On Securing Community Land Rights Begins in Accra - 17-20 July, 2017

What: High level workshop on securing community land rights in Africa Read more »

Africa: Better Land Governance Important to Catalyze Africa's Economic Growth Says LPI's Kagwanja

The regional workshop on securing community land rights continued in Accra, Ghana, Monday with Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Coordinator, Joan Kagwanja, saying better governance of… Read more »

Africa: African Governments Urged to Secure Land Rights for All

Insecure forest and land rights trigger widespread poverty, gender disparity, lack of economic growth, social unrest, conflicts and investment risks, says Solange Bandiaky-Badji,… Read more »

Ghana: Regional Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Set for Accra

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), in partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), are next week convening a regional workshop with African Land Commissions on… Read more »

Africa: Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Moving in the Right Direction

Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations are moving in the right direction and at the desired pace, with the first phase of the negotiations expected to be concluded by the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Regional Integration Index Report Under Spotlight At Global Review 2017 in Geneva

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) yesterday hosted a panel discussion at the Sixth Global Review of Aid for Trade, bringing together regional and international experts to… Read more »

Africa: Economic Overview of Burundi - Agricultural Productivity, Key to Greater Growth

Despite the challenges that has affected Burundi, its economy has been relatively resilient for the last past two years, after the recession of 2015. Nevertheless, the country's… Read more »