December 10, 2020
Africa: Experts Push for Strong Public-Private Partnerships to Build Resilient Post-Covid-19 Economies
Experts have called for strong collaboration between the public and private sectors in Africa to strengthen economies in the post-COVID-19 period. They believe this will help… Read more »
December 08, 2020
Africa: Africa Is More Prepared to Fight New Covid-19 Wave
Africa is better prepared to deal with a second wave of COVID-19 after stakeholders put measures in place to counter the initial pandemic's adverse health effects. This is… Read more »
December 09, 2020
Africa: Data, Platforms and Analytics Helping Africa Combat Covid-19, Says ECA's Chinganya
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) on Wednesday hosted a virtual webinar showcasing the power of data… Read more »
December 08, 2020
Africa: African Economic Conference Opens With Calls for African Solutions to Covid-19 Challenges
The 2020 edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) opened virtually on Tuesday with calls for the continent's policymakers, researchers, development partners, and champions… Read more »
Africa: Dealing With the Micro - and Macroeconomic Impacts of Covid-19 On Africa
Experts agree that Africa's governments will have to strike a balance between health, economic and social policy interventions in the coming months to mitigate the negative impact… Read more »
Africa: Hope for a More Prosperous Africa Beyond Covid-19
Beyond the dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic is a silver lining of a more sustainably prosperous Africa. This was the message from the panellists who gathered virtually on the… Read more »
December 06, 2020
Africa: African Economic Conference 2020 - Africa Beyond Covid-19: Acceleration Towards Inclusive Sustainable Development
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November 27, 2020
Africa: Africa's Customs Chiefs Commit to Implementing New Continental Covid-19 Trade Facilitation Guidelines
Africa's customs experts have given their support to the adoption of continental guidelines to facilitate free and timely flow of cross-border trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
November 25, 2020
Africa: Digital Transformation in a Post-Covid World - Africa Continues to Trail Other Regions Says New Report
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Portulans Institute, a research and educational think tank based in Washington DC, have teamed up to launch the results… Read more »
Africa: West African Think Tanks and Experts Meet Virtually to Discuss Generational Economy and Structural Transformation in the Covid-19 Era
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in partnership with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, today… Read more »
East Africa: New Report Reveals How Covid-19 Has Affected Eastern Africa
When the Covid-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared. According to UN Economic Commission for Africa's Economic and Social… Read more »
November 18, 2020
Africa: ECA Executive Secretary Calls On North African Countries to "Build Forward Together" for a Faster, Stronger Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery
Rabat, 18 November (ECA) - "North Africa is the most impacted sub-region of our continent after Southern Africa, and although most of its countries are not in the low-income… Read more »
November 17, 2020
Southern Africa: The Role of Private Sector in Post-Covid Recovery Strategies & Regional Integration in Southern Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), in collaboration with the SADC Business Council, organized a virtual… Read more »
November 15, 2020
East Africa: A Regional Meeting to Discuss the Post-Pandemic Road to Social and Economic Recovery in East Africa
In this difficult context of global socioeconomic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, through its office for Eastern Africa will… Read more »
November 16, 2020
North Africa: North Africa 35th Icsoe to Discuss Conditions for Sound, Post-Covid-19 Recovery in North Africa
Rabat, 16 November (ECA) -The ECA office for North Africa will organise the 35th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for North Africa… Read more »
November 13, 2020
Africa: Parliamentarians Have Critical Role to Play in Fight Against Covid-19 and Recovery
African parliamentarians have a critical role to play in enhancing the continent's resilience against health emergencies like the novel coronavirus through enacting effective… Read more »
November 14, 2020
Africa: International Women's Day 2021 Theme - "Women in Leadership - Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World"
IWD 2021) as, "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world." Read more »
November 12, 2020
North Africa: Covid-19 - 35th Icsoe Meeting to Focus On Policies and Strategies for a Faster Economic Recovery in North Africa
The ECA office for North Africa will hold on Tuesday 17 November 2020, online, the thirty-fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE)… Read more »
November 05, 2020
North Africa: North Africa Requires Major Overhauls in Economic, Education Sectors to Navigate Post Covid-19 ICT Revolution
The ECA office for North Africa, the UNESCO Maghreb office and the Policy Center for the New South held on Wednesday, November 4th a webinar on "Innovation and New Technologies in… Read more »
November 06, 2020
Congo-Brazzaville: Covid-19 - Congo Rolls Out Mobile Platform to Keep Citizens Safe and Informed
Congo's government has officially launched the Africa Communication and Information Platform for Health and Economic Action (ACIP), a continental tool that aims to harness… Read more »
North Africa: Covid-19 At Risk of Worsening Youth Unemployment in North Africa
Rabat, November 4th (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa held on Tuesday, November 3rd a webinar on "Best practices on job creation in North Africa". Read more »
November 03, 2020
North Africa: Innovation and New Technologies in North Africa in the Context of Covid-19
Rabat, November 3rd (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa, the UNESCO office for the Maghreb region and the Policy Center for the New South will hold on November 4th, 2020 from… Read more »
October 25, 2020
Africa: Step Up Action to Achieve Covid-19 Ceasefire, Guterres Says in UN Day Message
The UN's 75th anniversary this Saturday, which falls as countries continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, is an opportunity to accelerate action to achieve a global ceasefire… Read more »
October 21, 2020
Africa: UN Urges People to #pledgetopause Before Sharing Information Online
With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a "communications emergency" caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere… Read more »
October 18, 2020
Africa: Herd Immunity, an 'Unethical' Covid-19 Strategy, Tedros Warns Policymakers
Using the principle of so-called "herd immunity" to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is "unethical" and "not an option" countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency… Read more »