March 24, 2019
Africa: ECA Support Requested for Stronger Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
March 25, 2019
Africa: Digital Transformation of Africa - Hype or Reality?
The 2019 Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture on the theme, "Digital Transformation of Africa: Hype or Reality", was delivered by Dr. Omobola Johnson, Former Minister of Communication… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: African Free Trade Is Almost Here, Delegates to Eca's 52nd Session Rejoice
Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have applauded the Federal… Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: Com 2019 - Eca Moves to the Agenda of Regional Integration in Africa
Following the launching of the 52nd session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of Regional Integration and Trade, Mr. Stephen… Read more »
Africa: Experts Tease Out Kingpin Role of Digitization for Africa's Revenue Harvest
Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa's development. Read more »
March 17, 2019
Africa: Adedeji Lecture to Focus On Promise and Peril of Digital Transformation, Says Eca's Nwuke
The Economic Commission for Africa's annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture will this year interrogate ideas, identify action areas, and propose tangible suggestions for debate and… Read more »
Africa: Com2019 an Opportunity to Create Impactful Solutions to Africa's Challenges, Says Chinganya
The annual Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM) is a great opportunity for Africa's ministers and experts from around the world to… Read more »
Africa: All Set for Era2019 Launch - Focuses On Fiscal Policy for Financing Sustainable Development in Africa
All is set for the launch of the Economic Report on Africa - ERA2019 - which examines institutional and policy reforms that are needed to enable African countries to maximize… Read more »
March 06, 2019
Africa: ECA and Its Partners' Report At Com2019 On the Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present recommendations that emanate from one of its annual… Read more »
March 04, 2019
Africa: Quality Research Needed to Help Implement the Afcfta
With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meeting for the Economic Research Conference in Kigali… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: 8th North African Development Forum to Discuss Smart Maritime Transport in Marrakech
The 8th edition of the North Africa Development Forum will take place on Saturday 23 March in Marrakech under the theme: "Blue Economy in North Africa: Smart Maritime Transport in… Read more »
Africa: Africa Prepares Tomorrow's Employment in Marrakech
As globalization, technological breakthroughs, demography and climate change are deeply transforming the global job market, is Africa able to provide a workforce that matches the… Read more »
Africa: Can Gender Budgeting Finance Inclusive Development in Africa?
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with UN Women and the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Morocco, a meeting on "Gender-sensitive budgeting: a… Read more »
Africa: Cameroon's Critical Role in Implementing Africa's Free Trade Area, Rebooted
Cameroon needs the markets that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create to achieve the its goal of becoming an upper middle-income state, the country's… Read more »
March 11, 2019
Africa: UN Family in Ethiopia Pay Their Respects to Personnel Killed in Airline Crash
United Nations staff in Ethiopia gathered today at the UN Conference Centre for a minute of silence and a flag lowering ceremony in memory of the 19 United Nations personnel killed… Read more »
Africa: UN Chief 'Deeply Saddened' By Ethiopia Plane Crash Which Killed More Than 150, Including 19 UN Staff
An Ethiopian Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN Secretary-General António… Read more »
March 10, 2019
Ethiopia: UN Family Mourns the Victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu,… Read more »
March 08, 2019
Africa: Productive Transformation Is a Must for Africa - AU Committee
There is no alternative to the equation of "developing an African industrial fabric, capable of boosting our production and processing capacity, and reducing our dependence on… Read more »
March 07, 2019
Africa: ECA Chief Says World Loses Trillions to Gender Inequality
Addis Ababa 7 March 2019 (ECA) "When you have women in positions of leadership, business does better and there's more innovation, more value creation and more profit," said Vera… Read more »
Africa: Boosting Access to Electricity Key for Africa's Development, Says ECA's Songwe
Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said… Read more »
March 06, 2019
Africa: Knowledgeable, Skilled Mayors Needed to Drive Change in Ethiopia's Cities
A three-day multi-stakeholder capacity development workshop to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the Ethiopian urban… Read more »
Africa: Afcfta Provides Unique Platform for Africa's Economic Transformation, Says Ethiopian Minister
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) provides the continent with an opportunity to develop regional value chains that will lead to market expansion and creation of… Read more »
Africa: ECA-WB Workshop Focuses On Jobs and Economic Transformation in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Bank on Tuesday hosted a Roundtable Workshop on Jobs and Economic Transformation to further the dialogue on employment… Read more »
March 05, 2019
Africa: Ethiopia Reforms Aim to Increase Private Sector Participation in Economy
Ethiopia is implementing reforms to broaden the participation of the private sector in the country's economy as well as increase competitiveness as it seeks to create decent jobs… Read more »
Africa: Innovation Key to Creating Much-Needed Jobs in Africa, Says Songwe
Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera… Read more »