Africa: Experts Debate Customs Procedures in Casablanca

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) organized, in partnership with the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia… Read more »

Africa: World Must Adapt to New Ways of Work to Boost Human Development, Report Says

"Development is about people, more than about producing commodities and accumulating capital. It is about enabling people's participation and people's choices such as access to… Read more »

Africa: Amdc Provides Technical Support to Sierra Leone's New Mineral Policy

The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources of Sierra Leone is in the process of preparing a new Core Minerals Policy (CMP) with support from the African Minerals Development… Read more »

Africa: CRVS Digitization Guidebook Launched

Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Digitization Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Digitizing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Processes in Low Resource Settings was… Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Prioritize Local Adaptation

An appeal has been launched at COP 21, during a session on financing of adaptation to climate change in Africa organized by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Read more »

Africa: The Africa Pavilion at COP21 Officially Opens on a High Note

Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris. Speaking at the high level… Read more »

Africa: Water Takes Centre Stage At Paris Climate Negotiations

ClimDev-Africa) - The Executive Secretary of the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW), Mr. Bai Mass Taal, has welcomed the central position that water has taken in the… Read more »

North Africa: ECA Supports Maghreb Countries On Rules of Origin

Which kind of rules of origin can help boost trade in Maghreb countries? From 30 November to December 1st in Casablanca (Morocco), the Economic Commission for Africa (Office for… Read more »

North Africa: ECA Finds Strong Cooperation Potential in North Africa

ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary for Knowledge Delivery Giovanie Biha visited Morocco on 8-11 December 2015 for the first time since her appointment in April 2015. Read more »

Africa: Applause for ACPC Findings On Africa's Role in Climate Negotiations

Key findings on Africa's role in the global climate negotiations were greeted with cheers in the Africa Pavilion at the Paris climate talks yesterday as Mr. Carlos Lopes the… Read more »

Africa: Carlos Lopes On Africa's Course in the Climate Negotiations

ClimDev-Africa) - "Africa has played a key role in global climate negotiations. Since 2006, the African group of negotiators working hard, but it must find ways to strengthen its… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa Called Upon to Consolidate Consultation On Road Safety

Through the voice of a representative, Mr Zacharie Ngoumbe - Inspector General in the Ministry of Transport, Cameroon's Minister of Transport Mr Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o has… Read more »

Africa: Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) - Review of the Study On "Corruption in Local Governance in Africa"

The ECA's Macroeconomic Policy Division (MPD) is organizing an AEGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday December 4th 2015, in order to review the draft study on corruption in local… Read more »

Zambia: We Are Waiting for ECA's Advice, Zambian Government

The Zambian government says they are expecting ECA to provide economic advice on what direction to take following the sharp decline of Zambia's economy in the last three months. Read more »

Africa: Why African-Based Institutions Should Operate Coherently

Africa's Agenda 2063 aspires to an integrated prosperous and peaceful continent. A vision which experts say could be attained when institutions operating in Africa work together… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is the Continent of Now, Says Mme Zuma of the African Union Commission

Africa is not only the continent of the future, but mostly the continent of now, Madame Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma President of the Commission of the African Union told thousands of… Read more »

Africa: The Africa Pavilion At Cop21 Officially Opens On a High Note

Joint ECA,AUC,AfDB Press Release) - Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21… Read more »

Africa: Africa Pavilion Inaugurated to Amplify Cop21

"Africa, came to amplify and light up COP21. It is the continent of the future, it is the continent of opportunities." Through this statement, Boni Yayi, President of the Republic… Read more »

Africa: Leaders Commend ECA Climate Change Work At Cop 21 Africa Pavilion

The President of Benin, Boni Yayi, today praised the intellectual leadership role that Mr. Carlos Lopes and his team at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »

Africa: Carlos Lopes Joins Selected African Leaders in List of 100 Africa's 'Most Influential'

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, has once again made it on the list of Africa's 100 most influential people for 2015 by pan… Read more »

Africa: Why Africa Should Care about the Paris Climate Agreement?

The stakes are high for Africa at the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, as the outcome will have… Read more »

Africa: ECA Advises Africa to Boost Trade Within to Achieve Industrialisation

The Economic Commission for Africa says intra-continental trade presents a great opportunity for the continent to improve its industrialisation drive. Africa should start… Read more »

Africa: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in Central Africa

Convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a panel of about 30 experts will meet from 2 - 4 December 2015 in Douala, Cameroon, to build their capacity to… Read more »

Africa: Carlos Lopes Says Paris Climate Agreement Should Aim to Save Lives

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said that unless climate negotiators and governments begin to put faces and people behind the statistics on… Read more »

Central Africa: Towards Greater Road Safety in Central Africa

What is the current situation and what are the possible implementation difficulties in Central Africa of the African Road Safety Plan? It is to answer these questions that the… Read more »