June 08, 2015
North Africa: International Organizations Build Partnership for North Africa's Integration
From 3 to 4 June 2015, the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), ECA, ADB, FAO, IDB, UNESCO, ISESCO, WHO, IOM and ILO took part in the annual North Africa Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism… Read more »
June 04, 2015
Central Africa: Pushing for Inclusive Transformation in Central Africa
A new tool measuring the degree to which people are excluded from Africa's development, in a bid to help the continent achieve inclusive social transformation, will come under… Read more »
June 07, 2015
Africa: ECA African Social Development Index Presented in Cairo
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize on 9-11 June in Cairo (Egypt) a capacity-building workshop on the theme "Reducing Human Exclusion for Structural Transformation:… Read more »
June 03, 2015
Africa: ECA's Sustainable Development Forum Talks Technology and Natural Resources
The Economic Commission for Africa's Committee on Sustainable Development will hold its ninth session to discuss the roles and potentials of innovations, technologies and the… Read more »
June 17, 2015
Africa: Stakeholder Workshop On the Implementation of the Recommendations of the High Level Panel Report On Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) From Africa
The Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary and the Capacity Development Division of the ECA is holding a two day Stakeholder Workshop on the Implementation of the Recommendations… Read more »
June 08, 2015
Africa: ECA Leads in the Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a two day Stakeholder Workshop on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the High Level Panel Report on Illicit Financial… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: ECA and Codesria Launch the "Journal of African Transformation"
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) reaffirmed a history of shared ideals and collaboration… Read more »
June 04, 2015
Senegal: Acceleration of the Implementation of the Emerging Senegal Plan (ESP)
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Hotel Terroubi in Dakar, the Coordinator of the General Directorate for Planning and Economic Policies of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and… Read more »
June 06, 2015
Africa: Less Chaos and Carnage On the Road - The Case for Improving Africa's Road Safety
At 24.1 deaths per 100.000 road users compared to Europe's 10.3, Africa has the world's highest fatality rates on its roads. African states will therefore meet in Addis Ababa on 9… Read more »
Africa: The Tricky Path Towards Sustainable Development in the Times of Climate Change
"To maintain Africa's growth trajectory and ensure the desired economic transformation will require access to appropriate technologies while taking into consideration the… Read more »
June 12, 2015
Africa: Mega Trade Agreement a Step Forward for the Continent – Carlos Lopes
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes has lauded the tripartite free trade area agreement reached by three Regional Economic… Read more »
June 11, 2015
Africa: 'Seize your future', ECA Chief Says at Executive Council of the African Union Gathering
"If Africans do not occupy the policy space vacated in the recent past, thanks to the various crises that shook the pillars of the financial system and facilitated the emergence of… Read more »
June 14, 2015
Africa: ECA Chief Tells AU Summit to Align and Measure African Development Goals
"ECA is working to ensure that the issue of the African Development Goals (ADGs) does not fall off our collective radar but we must remember that existing programmes and frameworks… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: In Abidjan, Carlos Lopes Speaks On Ebola, Climate Change and Financing Africa's Transformation
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr Carlos Lopes participated, as Head of the ECA Delegation in the African Development Bank 2015 Annual Meetings from… Read more »
North Africa: UMA Partner Institutions Examine Support to North African Integration
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa, and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) will organize a North Africa Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting on 3-4… Read more »
May 26, 2015
Africa: Optimizing Remittance Impact to Finance Development in Morocco
ECA, 21st April 2015: The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized on 19-20 May in Rabat (Morocco), with the collaboration of the Ministry in charge of the Ministry in… Read more »
May 22, 2015
Africa: ECA and UMA Assess Progress Made in Joint Cooperation
ECA, 22 May 2015: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) General Secretariat met on 20 May 2015 in Rabat (Morocco) for… Read more »
May 02, 2015
Southern Africa: SADC Heads of State Approve Industrialization Strategy
The extra-ordinary summit of the Heads of State and Government for Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the industrialization strategy and Roadmap was approved… Read more »
May 22, 2015
Africa: In Casablanca, ECA's 2015 Report to Feature in Panel Discussion
The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a panel discussion on the current edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2015, launched in March this year on the theme,… Read more »
May 13, 2015
Africa: Experts Validate 2015 Millennium Development Goals Report
The Economic Commission for Africa and its partners, African Union Commission (AUC), United Nations Development Programme's Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP-RBA) and the African… Read more »
Africa: Africa Prepares for the Mid-Term Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action
Initiated at the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (UN-LDC IV) in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2011, the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) represents a… Read more »
Africa: Africa Proposes Sustainable Development Goals Indicators
Over 140 representatives from African National Statistics Offices, National Planning Offices along with representatives of Civil Society Organizations, the private sector and… Read more »
May 09, 2015
Africa: Africa Looses $50 Billion a Year Through Tax Avoidance and Fraud, Report States
Africa's money that could be used to improve lives and reduce poverty is leaving the continent through illicit financial flows defined as money illegally earned, transferred and… Read more »
Central Africa: Central Africa's Resolve On Free Movement Is Laudable - Says Carlos Lopes
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has hailed the decision by leaders of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) to lift visa-based… Read more »
May 18, 2015
Africa: ECA and Tony Elumelu Foundation Collaborate On a Data Revolution for Africa
Joint ECA and Tony Elumelu Foundation Press Release Read more »