March 24, 2016
Africa: Register Now - African Development Week
The African Development Week is just a few days away. To participate in riveting discussions concerning Africa's future and growth, among other issues, including witnessing the… Read more »
Africa: Launch the Seventh Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the seventh edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIAVII) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »
Africa: Harmonizing Governance Frameworks in the Extractives
On 21 and 22 March 2016, the African Union (AU), through the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) and in partnership the African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations… Read more »
Africa: Working Towards the Establishment of a Pan-African Mineral Geological Information and Knowledge Base
More than 60 geological experts converge to discuss the building of a continental-wide mineral geological information and knowledge base. Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration and Monetary Unions in Africa
With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view… Read more »
March 03, 2016
Africa: Cop21 - Implications for Growth in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a high-level dialogue on: "After Paris: Implications for Green Growth in Africa" on 2 April 2016 in Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia), on the… Read more »
March 21, 2016
Africa: ECA Chief Formalizes Partnership With China to Promote Africa's Transformation
The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »
Africa: Chinese Government Partners With ECA As Key Player in Fostering Understanding Between China and Africa
The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »
March 06, 2016
Africa: Know Your Land to Develop It - Geospatial Information and Sustainable Land Management
Geospatial stakeholders are meeting in Addis Ababa from April 20-22 at the Fourth High Level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management. Read more »
March 21, 2016
Africa: All Set for Launch of the 2016 Economic Report for Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa will next month launch its 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) focusing on growth and industrialization on the continent,… Read more »
Africa: Communications Workshop on Mining and Development
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March 18, 2016
Africa: ECA to Launch Africa Governance Report Iv On Measuring Corruption in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the fourth edition of the Africa Governance Report (AGR IV) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »
March 07, 2016
Africa: Ha-Joon Chang to Give Annual Adedeji Lecture 2016
The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture will be delivered by renowned Development Economist Ha-Joon Chang and author of widely discussed policy books, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder… Read more »
March 14, 2016
Africa: Africa Must Turn the Current Energy Challenge Into an Opportunity
Speaking at the official opening of the Ad hoc Group Meeting (AEGM) on the Energy Crisis in Southern Africa: Perspectives for the future, Southern Africa Regional Director, Said… Read more »
March 05, 2016
Africa: African Economies Must Be Transformed Through Industrialization
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s Executive Secretary of Carlos Lopes said that although Africa has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade, the continent… Read more »
March 10, 2016
Africa: ECA's Biha Calls for Aviation-Tourism Convergence in Africa
A two-day meeting looking into the aviation and tourism industries in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with the Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary Ms.… Read more »
Africa: Getting the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Underway
Negotiators Adopt Procedural Rules for the Trade Negotiating Forum Read more »
March 08, 2016
Africa: ECA's Lopes Says More Still Needs to Be Done to Uplift African Women
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to work for the advancement of African women through various programmes specifically aiming to promote gender equality,… Read more »
February 29, 2016
Africa: Civil Society Urged to Scrutinise Africa's Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations
Establishing a continental free trade area will allow African countries an opportunity to change the structure of their trade and civil society has a role in ensuring transparent… Read more »
March 04, 2016
Africa: Women's Rights to Land Must Be Strengthened - African Parliamentarians
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) participated in a workshop organized by the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on the theme "Strengthening women's rights to land access: a… Read more »
North Africa: Combined Efforts Necessary to Seize Green Industrialization Opportunities
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) concluded, Friday 4 March 2016 in Rabat, its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE). During this four day… Read more »
March 02, 2016
Africa: Africa Has the Biggest Reservoir of Green Growth
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) launched Tuesday 1st March in Rabat its 31st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) under the theme: "Green… Read more »
March 01, 2016
Africa: ECA-AU to Host Africa Development Week
The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union will host the Africa Development Week from 31 March to 5th April which will hold close to thirty side events on topical… Read more »
Africa: Towards an African-Driven Mineral Governance Framework
A three-day Technical Workshop on the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is currently underway in Addis Ababa from 29 February to 2 March 2016. Read more »
February 09, 2016
West Africa: West Africa's Experts Appreciate and Salute the Remarkable Work of ECA
The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for West Africa meeting was held from 25 to 26 February 2016 in Dakar, under chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Birima Mangara, Minister… Read more »