July 15, 2017
Ghana: Regional Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Set for Accra
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), in partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), are next week convening a regional workshop with African Land Commissions on… Read more »
Africa: Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Moving in the Right Direction
Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations are moving in the right direction and at the desired pace, with the first phase of the negotiations expected to be concluded by the… Read more »
July 03, 2017
Africa: Regional Integration - African Statistics Directors Meet At World Statistics Congress
The UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Kingdom of Morocco High Commission for Planning (HCP) will hold a regional conference on the role of statistics in Africa's regional… Read more »
July 14, 2017
Africa: Economic Overview of Burundi - Agricultural Productivity, Key to Greater Growth
Despite the challenges that has affected Burundi, its economy has been relatively resilient for the last past two years, after the recession of 2015. Nevertheless, the country's… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Africa: ECA-WTO Joint Publication On Role of Aid for Trade in Boosting Intra-African Trade Launched in Geneva
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have launched a co-publication on promoting connectivity in Africa, focusing on the role of Aid for… Read more »
July 11, 2017
Africa: Boosting Intra-African Trade Crucial to Africa's Development Says Eca's Stephen Karingi
The Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 opened at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva today with the Economic Commission for Africa's Capacity Development… Read more »
Africa: Home-Grown Aspirations Drive Africa's Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
At the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that kicked-off this week, ECA's Special Advisor on SDGs Aida Opoku-Mensah, informed the delegates that the SDGs and… Read more »
July 07, 2017
Africa: ECA Hosts Webinar On Need for Efficient Industries in Central Africa
The sub-regional office of the Economic Commission for Africa in Central Africa (ECA SRO-CA) on July 6, 2017, organized a webinar on the importance of building efficient industries… Read more »
Africa: Idep Organises a Dialogue On « Which Big Data for Africa? »
IDEP organises a dialogue on « Which Big Data for Africa? ». Read more »
July 06, 2017
Africa: IDEP Organises a Dialogue On « Gender and Climate Change in Africa»
Within the framework of the African Institute for economic development and planning (IDEP) development seminars series, a high level round table dialogue on « Gender and… Read more »
July 03, 2017
Africa: At AU Summit, UN Deputy Chief Calls for Greater Partnership to Implement the Continent's Development Agenda
While Africa has made significant progress, the great challenge that lies before us is how to deliver on the full promise of the global 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 for Africa and… Read more »
June 30, 2017
Africa: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched, on this day… Read more »
July 01, 2017
Africa: Abdalla Hamdok Calls for Targeted Policy in Order to Harness Youth Potential
Getting the fundamentals right is the first step to harnessing Africa's demographic dividend and must be supported by targeted policy actions that foster investment in the youth.… Read more »
June 30, 2017
Nigeria: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja With Call for Nation to Address Energy Issues
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, on Friday launched the West… Read more »
Africa: Raise Public Awareness As You Mainstream SDGs, ECA's Boko Urges Member States
Mainstreaming sustainable development goals into national development plans requires governments on the continent to build public awareness on the SDGs and their relevance to… Read more »
June 29, 2017
Africa: ECA Develops Toolkit to Help Member States Integrate Agendas 2030 and 2063
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is developing a toolkit that will help African countries develop an integrated approach in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable… Read more »
June 28, 2017
Africa: High Level Policy Dialogue Kicks Off in Abuja With ECA Recommitting to Strengthening Support for Africa
The High Level Policy Dialogue on development planning in Africa opened Wednesday in Abuja with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recommitting to strengthening its support… Read more »
June 27, 2017
Africa: All Is Set for Abuja High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
All is set for the High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa that opens in Abuja Wednesday with the aim of helping member States mainstream Sustainable… Read more »
Nigeria: High Level Policy Dialogue Begins in Abuja - 28-30 June
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June 04, 2017
Botswana: ECA Mourns the Passing of Botswana's Former President, Sir Ketumile Masire
Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said he is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Botswana's former President, Sir Ketumile… Read more »
June 03, 2017
Central Africa: Experts to Brainstorm On Growth Strategies for Central Africa
Stakeholders in Central Africa's structural transformation are gearing up for the 33rd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE2017) dubbed, "Made in Central… Read more »
June 01, 2017
Africa: ECA and AfDB Re-Commit to Advancing Africa's Development
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday met with the newly-appointed Senior Vice President of the African Development Bank… Read more »
June 09, 2017
Africa: Africa and Chile Eye Mutually Beneficial South-South Cooperation
There are benefits that mineral-endowed countries in Africa could accrue from intensifying their cooperation with Chile, the world's biggest copper producer and a country, which… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Endorse ECA's Programme of Work for 2018-2019
Representatives of African governments met in Addis Ababa recently and endorsed the ECA 2018-2019 programme of work. Read more »
June 19, 2017
Africa: African Countries Urged to Leverage Urbanization to Accelerate Industrialization
#x2010; With the right policy frameworks in place, urbanization can be used as a tool for boosting industrialization for greater prosperity, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »