Africa: Regional Integration and Monetary Unions in Africa

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Formalizes Partnership With China to Promote Africa's Transformation

The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »

Africa: Chinese Government Partners With ECA As Key Player in Fostering Understanding Between China and Africa

The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »

Africa: All Set for Launch of the 2016 Economic Report for Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will next month launch its 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) focusing on growth and industrialization on the continent,… Read more »

Africa: Communications Workshop on Mining and Development

UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Afr : Communications Workshop on Mining and Development Read more »

Africa: ECA to Launch Africa Governance Report Iv On Measuring Corruption in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the fourth edition of the Africa Governance Report (AGR IV) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Turn the Current Energy Challenge Into an Opportunity

Speaking at the official opening of the Ad hoc Group Meeting (AEGM) on the Energy Crisis in Southern Africa: Perspectives for the future, Southern Africa Regional Director, Said… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Biha Calls for Aviation-Tourism Convergence in Africa

A two-day meeting looking into the aviation and tourism industries in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with the Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary Ms.… Read more »

Madagascar: Civil Registration - Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Malagasy President Commends Eca Leadership

ECA). Under the leadership of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a delegation from the Regional Group of Support for the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil… Read more »

Africa: Getting the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Underway

Negotiators Adopt Procedural Rules for the Trade Negotiating Forum Read more »

Africa: High-Level Panel to Discuss Role of Macroeconomics in Structural Transformation

The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a High Level Forum on macroeconomic frameworks for Africa's structural transformation, Thursday 3 April 2016 in Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia),… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Badea to Sign MOU to Promote African Development

The Economic Commission for Africa and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding Sunday 3 April in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), on… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Lopes Says More Still Needs to Be Done to Uplift African Women

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to work for the advancement of African women through various programmes specifically aiming to promote gender equality,… Read more »

Africa: Ha-Joon Chang to Give Annual Adedeji Lecture 2016

The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture will be delivered by renowned Development Economist Ha-Joon Chang and author of widely discussed policy books, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder… Read more »

Africa: Know Your Land to Develop It - Geospatial Information and Sustainable Land Management

Geospatial stakeholders are meeting in Addis Ababa from April 20-22 at the Fourth High Level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management. Read more »

Africa: Development Stakeholders to Scan the Future of Africa's Pharmaceuticals

On the fringe of the African Development Week to take place in Addis Ababa, the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union Commission and UNAIDS have convened a High-Level… Read more »

Africa: Ministerial Round-Table to Discuss Declining Markets and Climate Challenges

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) will hold a ministerial round-table on the theme "Addressing the Impact of Drought, Floods… Read more »

Africa: Renowned Panelists to Review the Wins and Complexities of Migration in Africa

It has been described as having a triple-win scenario for Africa: wins for young migrants, wins for their countries of origin and wins for their countries of destination. Read more »

Africa: African Economies Must Be Transformed Through Industrialization

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s Executive Secretary of Carlos Lopes said that although Africa has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade, the continent… Read more »

Africa: Women's Rights to Land Must Be Strengthened - African Parliamentarians

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) participated in a workshop organized by the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on the theme "Strengthening women's rights to land access: a… Read more »

North Africa: Combined Efforts Necessary to Seize Green Industrialization Opportunities

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) concluded, Friday 4 March 2016 in Rabat, its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE). During this four day… Read more »

Africa: Cop21 - Implications for Growth in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a high-level dialogue on: "After Paris: Implications for Green Growth in Africa" on 2 April 2016 in Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia), on the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Has the Biggest Reservoir of Green Growth

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) launched Tuesday 1st March in Rabat its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) under the theme: "Green… Read more »

Africa: ECA-AU to Host Africa Development Week

The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union will host the Africa Development Week from 31 March to 5th April which will hold close to thirty side events on topical… Read more »

Africa: Towards an African-Driven Mineral Governance Framework

A three-day Technical Workshop on the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is currently underway in Addis Ababa from 29 February to 2 March 2016. Read more »