October 14, 2014
Africa: Presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Prime Ministers of Cape Verde, and Morocco Attend the Ninth African Development Forum
Raising private equity, illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new partnerships and climate financing in Africa at the top of the agenda at this year's flagship… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Prime Ministers of Cape Verde, and Morocco attend the Ninth African Development Forum
Raising private equity, illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new partnerships and climate financing in Africa at the top of the agenda at this year's flagship… Read more »
Africa: Ninth African Development Forum (ADF IX) Statement by Carlos Lopes, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
Excellency, Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane, representing our host country, the Kingdom of Morocco, Read more »
Africa: Small Nations should Unite for a Climate Revolution
No nation is immune to the impact of climate change but it is the world's poorest that will be hit the hardest. A fair and inclusive global agreement to combat climate change is a… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Africa: Africa Welcomes Low Carbon Financing Coalition
Governments, global business communities, finance institutions, and civil society organizations have formed a coalition that will see them mobilize approximately $200 billion for… Read more »
Africa: ECA Boss Carlos Lopes Receives the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) by the Millennium Excellence Foundation… Read more »
October 09, 2014
Africa: With Smart Agriculture, Africa Can Feed Africa
The Fourth annual Conference on Cli-mate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) opened here in Marrakech, Morocco yesterday with a strong focus on how the continent can feed… Read more »
Africa: Africa Is Ready for Green Climate Fund
Africa is fully prepared to receive funds to finance projects aimed at increasing climate resilience capacity on the conti-nent, an official from the Economic Commis-sion for… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Africa: ECA Welcomes the Rebasing of the Kenyan Economy
In the wake of the recent rebasing of estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) by Ghana and Nigeria, Kenya is now the latest African country to rebase its national accounts data. Read more »
October 09, 2014
Africa: ECA and Codesria Sign Collaboration Agreement
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October 01, 2014
Africa: Unprecedented Support to Capacity Development for Land Governance in Africa
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), the World Bank, and the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) agreed to collaborate in launching a five-year project,… Read more »
October 06, 2014
Africa: High Level Delegations Expected in Marrakech for the African Development Forum
This year, the Forum is to focus on illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new forms of partnerships and climate financing Read more »
Africa: Towards a Research Roadmap On Climate Change in Africa
A group of African climate research and impact communities began meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, today to agree a research collaboration platform on climate science in Africa that… Read more »
October 02, 2014
Africa: Industrialisation Is an Obligation for Africa - Ivorian Prime Minister
"I am particularly impressed by the pertinence of the recommendations of the Economic Report on Africa 2014, which totally reflect the objectives of our reform process, especially… Read more »
October 01, 2014
Africa: One Thing Leads to Another - Promoting Industrialisation By Making the Most of the Commodity Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa
This is a book review done by Antonio M. A. Pedro, Director, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (SRO-EA), It was Published… Read more »
Africa: Joint Global Survey to Shed Light On Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade
The five United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have recently launched a global survey to collect relevant… Read more »
September 30, 2014
Africa: Join Climdev-Africa Annual Conference in Morocco
The 4th edition of the Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from October 8 to 10 on the theme: "Africa can feed… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference Relocates to Addis Ababa
In keeping with the tradition established by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)… Read more »
Africa: Launch of the Economic Report On Africa in Abidjan
To ensure that growth is both sustainable and beneficial to all strata of society in Africa, countries on the continent, including Cote d'Ivoire, must adopt industrial policies… Read more »
September 09, 2014
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development Calls for ECA's Support of Green Economy Plan
Dr. Abraham Tekeste, Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development has called for support from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in strengthening the capacity of… Read more »
September 08, 2014
Africa: Experts Convene On Gender and the African Peer Review Mechanism
An Expert Group Meeting (EGM) which places focus on the gender dimensions of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) concluded today with an agreed consensus that there is a… Read more »
September 04, 2014
Africa: Minerals Centre Produces Guidebook for Domestication of African Mining Vision
The African Minerals Development Center has produced a guidebook entitled, "Country Mining Vision guidebook: domesticating the Africa Mining Vision". The guide is expected to… Read more »
September 02, 2014
Africa: 2014 Economic Report On Africa to Be Launched in London
The Economic Commission for Africa is launching the 2014 edition of its Economic Report on Africa (ERA), in collaboration with renowned think-tank Chatham House at Chatham House,… Read more »
September 08, 2014
Africa: UN and AU Commit to Advance Business and Human Rights Agenda in Africa
The first African Forum on Business and Human Rights concluded today with a strong call for action to make business a force for improving human rights in Africa. At the meeting,… Read more »
September 16, 2014
Africa: Africa Is Moving Against the Tide to Ensure Water, Food and Energy Security in a Changing Climate
Africa plans to lay out a strong case for increased investments in the water, food and energy sectors at the UN Climate Summit in New York to be held on 23 September, according to… Read more »