Africa: ECA Launches Much-Awaited Country Profiles Amid Plaudits From Member States

The UN Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday launched comprehensive and analytical profiles of 20 African countries in its bid to help the continent's leaders in their planning… Read more »

Africa: Renowed Economist Ha-Joon Chang Reiterates Call for Industrialisation as an Imperative for Africa's Transformation at the African Development Week

The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture was delivered by prominent economist, Ha-Joon Chang on Sunday at the UN Convention Centre in Addis Ababa during the African Development Week. Read more »

Africa: Lopes Makes Case for Green Growth in Africa

The 2016 Economic Report on Africa has been launched in New York with Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes of the Economic Commission for Africa saying Africa can industrialize like… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Media and Arts Contributing to Continent's Development

The Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday convened a conversation with some of Africa's best thought leaders in the arts and media sectors to discuss their persepectives on the… Read more »

Africa: UN-AU Partnership Tackling Development Challenges

The 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) kick-started today in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) amidst reiterated calls for coordination in the… Read more »

Africa: Improve Coordination, Partnership in Geospatial Information Management, Conference Concludes

As the curtain falls on the 4th High Level Forum on UN Global Geospatial Information Management, geo-spatial experts, interested parties and governments declare the necessity of… Read more »

Africa: Bold Leadership and Strong Policies Needed to Support Africa's Industrialization Says Lopes

Industrialization in Africa is not only possible but desirable, Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary, Mr. Carlos Lopes, said Friday. Read more »

Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology, Regional Integration Report Advises

To foster an inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal to which they should aspire. Read more »

Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology

The report, Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII: Innovation, Competitiveness and Regional Integration (ARIA VII) launched on Saturday during the African Development Week… Read more »

Africa: New Types of Bilateral Investment Agreements Offer Africa a Chance for Meaningful Investments

To attract investments, African countries have signed numerous Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Double Taxation Treaties (DTT) in the hope of improving their economies. Read more »

Africa: Greening Africa Faces Financing Conundrum

Climate change is at the heart of the matter and Africa and the world must make it a matter of the heart. Read more »

Africa: Rethinking How We Measure Corruption

Since the 1990s, perception-based measures have been influential in determining levels of corruption on the continent. The fourth Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African… Read more »

Africa: Migration is an Opportunity for Africa, If Managed Properly

Africans are among the most mobile people on earth. 31 million people from the continent have migrated to various parts of the world, including many African countries. Some people… Read more »

Africa: ECA Regional Integration Report Calls for Greater Focus on Human Capital, Science and Technology

Most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal which they should all aspire to, in order to foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. Read more »

Africa: Recommendations Derived At ASM Workshop to Drive the Sector Forward

The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) concluded a two-day expert group meeting and validation workshop on an artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) study conducted by AMDC… Read more »

Africa: Migration in Africa - Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

On the sidelines of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa organized on 2 April 2016, a side event… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches Africa Governance Report IV On Measuring Corruption in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa has today launched its fourth Africa Governance Report (AGR IV) titled, "Measuring Corruption in Africa: the international dimension matters." Read more »

Africa: Africa's Growth Set to Increase But Progress Could be Hindered by Lurking Risks

Africa’s medium-term growth prospects for 2016 and 2017 remain positive but risks and uncertainties remain, Director Mr. Adam Elhiraika of the Macroeconomic Policy Division… Read more »

Africa: Network of Excellence On Land Governance in Africa - First Call for Scholarships

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the Government of Germany officially launched yesterday the Scholarship Programme for the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa… Read more »

Africa: All Migration Trends Are Not Troublesome

With the current polemical debate and concerns around migration policies globally, when do the migrants become valuable assets? This was the question at the heart of the experts'… Read more »

Africa: Africa Development Week Kicks Off in Addis With Calls For Green Industrialization

The inaugural African Development Week opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday March 31, with various speakers urging participants to engage in constructive debates that will… Read more »

Africa: Launch the Seventh Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the seventh edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIAVII) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: Working Towards the Establishment of a Pan-African Mineral Geological Information and Knowledge Base

More than 60 geological experts converge to discuss the building of a continental-wide mineral geological information and knowledge base. Read more »

Africa: Register Now - African Development Week

The African Development Week is just a few days away. To participate in riveting discussions concerning Africa's future and growth, among other issues, including witnessing the… Read more »

Africa: Harmonizing Governance Frameworks in the Extractives

On 21 and 22 March 2016, the African Union (AU), through the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) and in partnership the African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations… Read more »