December 02, 2020
Africa: Continental Coding Boot Camp Kicks Off the Un75 Decade of Action
Approximately 2000 African Girls are participating in a continental coding bootcamp aimed at promoting the importance of ICTs as a tool for the empowerment of women. Read more »
December 01, 2020
Africa: Geospatial Information Critical for Africa's Sustainable Development
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November 30, 2020
West Africa: Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Critical for West Africa's Successful Transformation
There can be no meaningful and successful transformational development in West Africa in the absence of inclusive growth and development, Nigeria's Minister of State for Budget and… Read more »
Lesotho: Tunisia and Lesotho Join Growing Number of Countries to Ratify AfCFTA One Month to Start of Trading
One month to the commencement of trading at the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, two more countries have formalized their ratification of the agreement. Read more »
Africa: ECA to Host Virtual Sixth UN Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa Meeting
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is ready to host the sixth United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa) Committee… Read more »
November 27, 2020
Africa: Thousands Brace for a Continental ICT Camp for African Girls
Over 3000 women and girls from across Africa are expected to participate in a hybrid (online and in-person) event scheduled to run from 30 November to 11 December 2020, focusing on… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Customs Chiefs Commit to Implementing New Continental Covid-19 Trade Facilitation Guidelines
Africa's customs experts have given their support to the adoption of continental guidelines to facilitate free and timely flow of cross-border trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
November 25, 2020
Africa: Digital Transformation in a Post-Covid World - Africa Continues to Trail Other Regions Says New Report
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Portulans Institute, a research and educational think tank based in Washington DC, have teamed up to launch the results… Read more »
November 27, 2020
Africa: Professor Laban Ayieko Ogallo - Message of Condolences
The Climate Science community in Africa learned with shock of the sudden passing of Professor Laban Ayieko Ogallo on the 20th November 2020 in Nairobi due to sudden illness. Read more »
November 24, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Will Increase Demand for Transportation Infrastructure in Africa, Experts Say
Demand for transportation services in Africa will be on the increase as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement goes into operations in January next year,… Read more »
November 25, 2020
Africa: End Gender-Based Violence, 'Once and for All', UN Urges On International Day
Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday, the United Nations has called on governments worldwide to redouble efforts and… Read more »
Africa: West African Think Tanks and Experts Meet Virtually to Discuss Generational Economy and Structural Transformation in the Covid-19 Era
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in partnership with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, today… Read more »
Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
The UN Secretary-General's UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020)… Read more »
East Africa: New Report Reveals How Covid-19 Has Affected Eastern Africa
When the Covid-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared. According to UN Economic Commission for Africa's Economic and Social… Read more »
November 24, 2020
East Africa: East Africa's Policymakers Call for Better Coordination to Build Back Better and More Sustainably
Policymakers from 14 countries of Eastern Africa kicked off their regional meeting known as 24th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE)… Read more »
November 19, 2020
Africa: ECA-SRO-SA Supports the Validation of a Draft Financing Model for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the Kingdom of Eswatini
The Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini, through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade, requested for technical support from the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
November 20, 2020
Africa: Secretary-General's Remarks On Racism in the Workplace
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November 19, 2020
Africa: ECA Launches Atex, E-Commerce Platform That Will Support Transactions When AfCFTA Starts Next Year
The Economic Commission for Africa presented an online trading platform Thursday, that will facilitate trading between buyers and suppliers when the African Continental Free Trade… Read more »
November 18, 2020
Africa: African Statistics Day Marked Across Continent
Countries have embarked on national activities in celebration of the African Statistics Day on the theme "Modernizing national statistical systems to provide data and statistics to… Read more »
Africa: ECA Executive Secretary Calls On North African Countries to "Build Forward Together" for a Faster, Stronger Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery
Rabat, 18 November (ECA) - "North Africa is the most impacted sub-region of our continent after Southern Africa, and although most of its countries are not in the low-income… Read more »
November 16, 2020
Africa: ECA's Executive Secretary Asks Africa to Seek New Sectors Under AfCFTA to Industrialize and Create Jobs
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Vera Songwe today said as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) goes into operation next year, the… Read more »
October 29, 2020
Africa: Africa's First Sovereign Credit Rating Review Report Launched
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday virtually launched the first African… Read more »
November 18, 2020
Africa: Secretary-General's Video Message to the Closing of the 15th Annual Internet Governance Forum - Internet Governance in the Age of Uncertainty
It is a pleasure to address this closing session of the fifteenth annual Internet Governance Forum. Read more »
November 17, 2020
Southern Africa: The Role of Private Sector in Post-Covid Recovery Strategies & Regional Integration in Southern Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), in collaboration with the SADC Business Council, organized a virtual… Read more »
November 15, 2020
East Africa: A Regional Meeting to Discuss the Post-Pandemic Road to Social and Economic Recovery in East Africa
In this difficult context of global socioeconomic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, through its office for Eastern Africa will… Read more »