June 28, 2019
Central Africa: Trade Relations - Central Africa Prepares Common External Tariff
In pursuit of a single customs union across the CEMAC and ECCAS community spaces in Central Africa, a consolidated proposal of a single common external tariff (CET) for both… Read more »
June 26, 2019
Central Africa: A Rendezvous On Central Africa's Digital Economy in Malabo
The Government of Equatorial Guinea and the Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are convening the 35th Session of the… Read more »
June 25, 2019
Africa: ECA Supports Chad to Flesh-Out Afcfta Strategy
A retreat to size up the stakes of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for the Republic of Chad and lay the foundation for the country's strategy to leverage it, ended… Read more »
Central Africa: Central African Countries Prepare Free Trade Product Categorization
Central African countries were recently urged to align their external trade data classification system, with the 2017 World Customs Organization's Harmonized System (HS17) for… Read more »
June 22, 2019
Africa: Rwandan Trade With the Democratic Republic of Congo Set to Increase By 56 U.S. $ Million Under the Afcfta
When the African Continental Free Trade Area is implemented, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) estimates an increase of intra-African exports of Eastern Africa by over… Read more »
June 17, 2019
Chad: Africa Social Protection and Social Investments Programmes in the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality
A dissemination workshop was organized by ECA Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Plan and Development in N'djamena, Chad. Read more »
May 20, 2019
Angola: ECA Pledges Practical Support to Angola's Economic Reform
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has established three work streams aimed at supporting Angola on its sustainable development trajectory and macroeconomic reform agenda,… Read more »
Angola: ECA Seeks Reliable Energy Solutions for Angola
Reliable and cleaner supply of energy are critical for Angola's drive towards economic diversification and sustainable development, said the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic… Read more »
May 07, 2019
Africa: Capitalize On Blue Economy to Cash in On Africa's Free Trade Area - Government of Sao Tome Advised
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has reiterated its "availability and commitment" to work with the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on taking advantage of its Blue… Read more »
April 29, 2019
Central Africa: ECA and Cemac Build Synergy for Central Africa's Emergence
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEMAC) have just laid the foundation for close cooperation to… Read more »
April 22, 2019
Central Africa: Vera Songwe Urges Cameroon to Lead Central Africa Into Continental Free Trade and Digital Economy
Much to an ecstatic applause from the academic community and members of the Government of Cameroon, the Execrative Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) - Ms.… Read more »
April 19, 2019
Cameroon: President Paul Biya and Vera Songwe Invigorate Cameroon-ECA Relations
On her first official visit to Cameroon after her appointment as UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA - Ms. Vera Songwe met with President Paul Biya and… Read more »
April 17, 2019
Africa: Cameroon Assures ECA It Will Ratify Africa's Free Trade Area Agreement
"Cameroon will ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement," the country's Prime Minister - Joseph Dion Ngute assured UN Under Secretary-General and Executive… Read more »
Africa: Poverty Reduction, Economic Diversification, Afcfta to Dominate Vera Songwe's Visit to Cameroon
The Republic of Cameroon and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are on a footing towards greater cooperation following the arrival of UN Under Secretary-General and… Read more »
April 16, 2019
Cameroon: Cameroon Lays the Groundwork for Implementing the Afcfta
Cameroon is in the process of developing its national African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Strategy through an awareness and information sharing workshop jointly organized… Read more »
April 15, 2019
Cameroon: ECA's Executive Secretary Vera Songwe to Visit Cameroon
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) - Ms. Vera Songwe will pay an official visit to the Republic of Cameroon from 17 to 19 April 2019. Read more »
April 01, 2019
Central Africa: Central Africa Gets Mixed Notes in 2019 Economic Report On Africa
Africa's best bet at mobilizing the revenues needed to drive its sustainable development in good time, lies in broadening and deepening its tax bases, improving tax administration,… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: Cameroon's Critical Role in Implementing Africa's Free Trade Area, Rebooted
Cameroon needs the markets that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create to achieve the its goal of becoming an upper middle-income state, the country's… Read more »
January 08, 2019
Central African Republic: The Central African Republic Gets Set for Free Trade
A total of 83 leaders from the public and private sectors of the Central African Republic (CAR) have completed a three-day training to appropriate rules of origin procedures for… Read more »
December 07, 2018
Central Africa: Accolades and Requests Mark ECA's 60th Anniversary
Economic diversification is a condition sine qua non for Central African countries to break from boom-bust cycles. Read more »
December 04, 2018
Africa: AGR-V Launched in Kigali - Emphasises Need to Improve Governance of Africa's Abundant Natural Resources
The fifth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR-V) was launched in discussed by delegates attending the 2018 African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday. Read more »
November 03, 2018
Central Africa: Economic Diversification, Resilience, Free Trade At the Heart of UN Support to Central Africa
Officials of United Nations agencies and other development institutions working in Central Africa, as well as those of the General Secretariat of ECCAS and the CEMAC Commission… Read more »
November 20, 2018
Africa: Rwanda's Finance Minister Calls On Africa to Speedily Ratify Continental Free Trade Agreement
The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (ICE 2018) opened in Kigali Tuesday with Rwanda's Finance and Economic… Read more »
November 08, 2018
Central Africa: Central Africa's Free Trade Instruments Gaining Traction in DR Congo
A total of 49 leaders from the public and private sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have completed a two-day training to appropriate rules of origin procedures… Read more »
November 03, 2018
Central Africa: UN Agencies, Partners to Firm-Up Common Support Programme for Central Africa
About 50 representatives and experts of UN bodies, the ECCAS General Secretariat and its specialized structures, the CEMAC Commission and its specialized organs, and other key… Read more »