July 14, 2023
Africa: Bank of Tanzania, ECA, and Frontclear launch efforts to strengthen domestic market resilience
Dar es Salaam, 11 July 2023 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Bank of Tanzania and Frontclear – an institution… Read more »
December 11, 2017
Africa: Pida Week - Improving Project Bankability Key to Bridging Africa's Infrastructure Gap
Preparing a pipeline of bankable sustainable infrastructure projects is vital, participants of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week heard as it opened… Read more »
July 20, 2016
Africa: Lopes Calls for Concrete Policies That Can Deliver Results for Society's Most Vulnerable
Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), yesterday participated in a panel discussion on building economic resilience for the most vulnerable… Read more »
February 01, 2016
Africa: West African Economic and Monetary Union and Eca Strengthen Their Cooperation in Statistics
ECA/SRO-WA) - A delegation from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Commission, conducted by Mr. Bakary Sacko, Chief Statistician of the Statistics Centre of this… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank Jointly Launch Two Reports
ECA-AfDB) - "Major economic progress is possible in Africa and can lead to improvement in the standard of living but we must work on structural transformation so that Africans can… Read more »
June 07, 2015
Africa: The Year 2015 Decisive for Africa's Sustainable Development Plans
"This is a momentous opportunity that the Africa region must seize to pave the way for its meaningful participation in the global institutional architecture for sustainable… Read more »
April 06, 2015
Africa: One Size Does Not Fit All for Central Banks' Role in Financing Development
"What is needed to make the most of central banks' potential in financing Africa's development in the post-2015 era? Read more »
March 23, 2015
Africa: World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Africa to meet in Addis Ababa
The last week of March 2015 will see a flurry of activities in the diplomatic capital of Africa, Addis Ababa as discussions focus on the continent’s financial and economic… Read more »
March 06, 2015
Africa: African Central Bank Governors to Hold Second Caucus in Addis Ababa
The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission will host the second Caucus of African Central Bank Governors, in Addis Ababa in the margins of the eighth Joint… Read more »
October 16, 2014
Africa: Africa must Generate Resources from Within its Economies
Africa is growing at a steady rate and is on the path to sustainable long-term growth, opening up a number of investment opportunities. In fact, one-third of Africa's countries… Read more »
Africa: Private Equity and the Growth of Pension Funds Provide a Massive Opportunity to Finance Investment
Africa may be flavour of the month but in relative terms still attracts a small percentage of Private Equity and international investment capital. In a plenary at the Africa… Read more »
Africa: Tracking Africa's Stolen Billions
Illicit financial flows are a major drain on Africa’s resources for development. International coordination is needed to slow the flow of stolen assets. Read more »
August 04, 2014
Africa: Cameroon Must Roar: at a 7% Minimum!
Cameroon has the resources for its industrialization and agricultural transformation. The economy's current annual growth of 4.9% does not reflect the full potential that lies in… Read more »
May 20, 2014
Africa: Climate Change Negotiators Explore Consensus in Advance of Cop20
During a workshop hosted by ACPC for the African Group of Negotiators on the 12-14 May 2014, participants concurred that prospects of capping temperature rise to 2 degrees above… Read more »
April 05, 2014
Cape Verde: Cape Verde to Host 2nd National Forum On Transformation
A decade after the first National Transformation Forum that was held in 2003, the Cape Verde Centre for Strategic Policies in collaboration with partners such as the Economic… Read more »
March 07, 2014
Africa: Governors of Central Banks Mull Development Mandate
The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sarah Alade hosted a caucus of African Central Bank Governors on Thursday, in the margins of the joint ECA-AU ongoing Conference… Read more »
September 12, 2013
Africa: Bankers Urged to Remove Tarriff Barriers to Open Up New Market Opportunities
At the PTA Bank's 29th Annual General Meeting in Addis Ababa, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdalla Hamdok said the share of intra-African… Read more »