July 08, 2014
Africa: African Internet Governance Forum Concludes On Policies to Enable Internet Access
Over 470 participants drawn from the government, private sector, academia, research institutions, technical committee, civil society organisations, media, and other stakeholders… Read more »
Africa: Regional Transport Infrastructure Forum to Be Held in Addis Ababa
The Economic Commission for Africa will be hosting a regional forum from 24-26 July 2014, at the UN Conference Centre on the theme: "Boosting Market Integration and Intra-African… Read more »
July 18, 2014
North Africa: The Transition to a Green Economy in North Africa - What Prospects for Private Companies?
Private companies must play a leading role to support public institutions in their efforts to break the "business as usual" model. They will have to move gradually towards cleaner,… Read more »
July 07, 2014
Africa: Cameroon's Thumbs Up for ECA's Social and Economic Analyses On Africa
Cameroon will make good use of the recommendations of the Economic Report on Africa 2014, said the country's Minister Delegate in the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional… Read more »
July 17, 2014
North Africa: Increased ECA Initiatives to Better Coordinate UN Agencies Support to the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
Today more than ever, the Maghreb needs to accelerate its integration process. This is an imperative all the more urgent that the region has been facing significant challenges… Read more »
July 09, 2014
Southern Africa: LPI Supports Southern Africa's Work Plan On Land Policy
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) agreed on the key elements of a work plan for supporting the mainstreaming of land… Read more »
July 07, 2014
Africa: Launch of the Economic Report On Africa in Yaounde
To ensure that growth is both sustainable and beneficial to all strata of society in Africa, countries on the continent, including Cameroon, must adopt industrial policies that are… Read more »
July 11, 2014
Africa: Index to Track Regional Integration in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission are collaborating on an index, aimed at tracking progress in African regional integration and compare progress… Read more »
July 07, 2014
Africa: A Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to Support the African Agenda On Land
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) from 30 June to 2 July to review for finalization the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework and… Read more »
July 10, 2014
Africa: Morocco to Host Fourth Climate Change and Development Conference On How Africa Can Feed Itself
The fourth edition of the Climate Change and Development Conference (CCDA-IV) will convene in Marrakesh, Morocco from 8-10 October 2014 on the theme: "Africa Can Feed Africa Now:… Read more »
July 07, 2014
Africa: Regional Economic Communities Consult On Boosting Intra-African Trade and the Continental Free Trade Area
The African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa, in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the Secretariat of the Southern African Development… Read more »
Africa: Togo Holds National Trade Consultative Forum
A two-day meeting was convened by the Togo National Trade Consultative Forum (NTCF) in the country's capital, Lomé to promote and enhance multi-stakeholder policy dialogue… Read more »
Africa: Boosting Intra - African Trade (BIAT) and the Continental Free Trade Area
In January 2012, the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government approved an Action Plan for Boosting Intra -African trade and the establishment of a Continental Free… Read more »
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July 03, 2014
Africa: 18 Percent - Too Low As Share of Investment in Africa's GDP
African nations must diversify and increase the sources of their growth on both the supply and demand sides of the economy for such growth to be both sustainable and transformative… Read more »
July 02, 2014
North Africa: The United Nations and Its Partners Are Mobilizing to Support UMA
How to understand the efficiency of the support the United Nations System (UNS) is providing to the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) to help it attain its objectives and achieve regional… Read more »
June 30, 2014
Africa: Experts to Further the Implementation of the Agenda On Land
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) is organizing this week two Experts Group Meetings (EGM) on monitoring and evaluation, and capacity development. The two areas of focus are… Read more »
July 01, 2014
Africa: Lopes Urges Leaders to Rethink Agricultural Policies
At the 25th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council Monday, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa urged member states to seriously… Read more »
Africa: Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals: An Untapped Opportunity
Ever since the high tech generic drug production facility, Cinpharm-Cameroon, was set up, it is relatively easier for Cameroonians to have access to medicines. Now a low wage… Read more »
June 27, 2014
Africa: FAO and ECA Join Efforts in Fighting Hunger and Poverty
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission… Read more »
June 20, 2014
West Africa: Towards Dynamic Industrial Policies in West Africa
"The enhanced structural transformation of the African continent requires the adoption of credible industrial policies and the creation of efficient structures to implement them".… Read more »
June 03, 2014
Africa: Lopes Urges Leaders to Rethink Agricultural Policies
At the 25 th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council Monday, Carlos Lopes Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa urged member states to seriously… Read more »
June 23, 2014
Africa: Southern Africa Most Unequal Region in Africa
Livingstone, Zambia: The higher the country's income, the higher the levels of inequality. This is according to preliminary findings of a new report on economic growth and income… Read more »
June 20, 2014
Central Africa: ECA's Support Enlisted On Gauging Informal Trade in Central Africa
CEMAC member states have called on the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to provide technical support for a study to design a streamlined method of collecting data on informal… Read more »
June 15, 2014
Africa: Africa can Take the Lead in Financing its Infrastructure
During the weekend's opening of the Dakar Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa stressed the need to… Read more »