May 18, 2017
Africa: 20th Session of West African Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Opens On Planning and Development
The Government of Burkina Faso, through the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) opened the 20th Session of the… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Action Is Good for African Economies
Addis Ababa 17 May, 2017 (ECA) -At the eve of the 2017 Africa Regional Forum to be kicked off this Thursday, a meeting on Sustainable Development advocated for a green… Read more »
May 06, 2017
West Africa: Experts Seek to Accelerate Structural Transformation in West Africa
A two-day Ad hoc expert group meeting on "The impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET)on the structural transformation of… Read more »
May 07, 2017
Djibouti: Towards a Regional Logistics Hub Based On the Singaporean Model?
With a level of fixed investment reaching 34 percent of GDP in 2015, Djibouti is on the track to achieve its ambition to become the logistics hub of the Horn of Africa. In 2016,… Read more »
Africa: The Vice President of Comoros Meets ECA Officials Amid Preparations for a Forthcoming Regional Meeting
H.E. Djaffar Ahmed Said Hassani, the First Vice-President of the Comoros, in charge of the Ministry of Economy, Planning, Industry, Crafts, Tourism, Investments, Private Sector and… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Africa: As the Deadline for the Continental Free Trade Area Looms, Experts Consider Its Future
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) convened a two-day expert group meeting to review the Eighth Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) report on the… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: Tackling Maritime-Related Issues in Africa
Stakeholders in Africa's maritime sector will converge in Abidjan, Côte d' Ivoire, from 21-23 June 2017, for a policy dialogue dubbed, "Governance of Maritime Resources and… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: ECA, UNDP, Web Foundation and the Open Data for Development Network Unveil Inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United Nations Development Programme, the World Wide Web Foundation and the Open Data for… Read more »
May 11, 2017
Africa: ECA Teams-Up With International Hydropower Association to Develop Special Hydropower Tool
(ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa is teaming-up with the International Hydropower Association (IHA) to develop a tool that can quantify the comprehensive benefits of… Read more »
Africa: 2017 World Hydropower Congress Closes With Commitments to Better Hydro
The 2017 World Hydropower Congress concluded here with a series of commitments to better hydro, delivered by a broad range of organisations and institutions that participated in… Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Hydropower Development Case Studies Unveiled At Hydropower Congress
The 2017 World Hydropower Congress ended in Addis Ababa Thursday with the launch of a new collection of case studies highlighting good practice in sustainable hydropower… Read more »
Africa: Marine Mineral Resources to Benefit All Including Landlocked States
Seabed mining experts from all over the world convened from 2 to 4 May 2017 in the capital of the landlocked state of Uganda to discuss opportunities and explore the potentials of… Read more »
Africa: Integrate Climate Change in Planning and Design of Power and Water Infrastructure Projects, Says ECA Expert
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC), a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together leaders and specialists with hydropower-related responsibilities from government, industry,… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Somalia: Somalia's Recovery Depends On Its Capacity to Strengthen and Expand the State
- Somalia is at a political and economic turning point, with a new government facing a serious humanitarian crisis that could hinder the ongoing recovery. While the London… Read more »
May 10, 2017
Africa: Blog On SDG2 - ASD Forum Media Outreach
Frequent droughts, conflict and civil insecurity in parts of Africa have the potential to derail the quest to achieve the SDGs especially Goal 2 Read more »
Africa: President Duda of Poland Meets With ECA's Abdalla Hamdok
- Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday met with the Economic Commission for Africa's Acting Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok, to discuss a number of issues that include… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: 2017 World Hydropower Congress Opens in Addis Ababa
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC) kicked-off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today with Acting Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok, calling on… Read more »
May 05, 2017
Ethiopia: UN Rights Chief 'Concerned' About a 'Series of Crucial Issues' in Ethiopia
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has expressed concern over certain human rights issues in Ethiopia, after meeting and discussing with… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: IDEP Builds Capacity of 25 African Policymakers in the Design of International Trade Policies
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently trained 25 officials from different African countries on how to design and manage dynamic trade policies… Read more »
Africa: ECA Unveils Inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the Africa Data Revolution Report 2016, a biennial report highlighting developments in… Read more »
May 02, 2017
West Africa: The ECA and Niger in Partnership to Promote Use of ICTs in West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework to organize a Forum on… Read more »
May 03, 2017
Africa: Addis Ababa to Host 6th World Hydropower Conference
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC), a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together leaders and specialists with hydropower-related responsibilities from government, industry,… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: Nordic Development Fund Teams Up With ECA and Partners On Unique Climate Resilience Facility
AFRI-RES, a unique facility to support climate proofing of Africa's long-lived infrastructure investments, was given significant impetus with the formal approval of funding of 5… Read more »
West Africa: The ECA and the National Assembly of Niger Undertake to Promote the Use of ICTs in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework for… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Africa: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Scoping Meeting Kicks Off in Addis Ababa
Over 200 experts from about 60 countries are meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to draft the outline of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report… Read more »