June 19, 2020
Africa: ECA and Partners to Launch the Africa Communications Information Platform in Response to COVID-19
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health… Read more »
June 16, 2020
North Africa: Impact of Covid19 Can Open Up New Avenues for Structural Transformation in North Africa
Can the post COVID19 economic context provide Morocco, and more generally North Africa, with an opportunity to reorient and accelerate their structural transformation? Read more »
June 19, 2020
Africa: Six United Nations Statistical Offices Work Together to Support Countries in Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the world tackles the spread of COVID-19 and its unprecedented impacts on economies, societies and the environment, we are all stepping into unknown territory. Everybody, from… Read more »
June 17, 2020
Africa: Identity for Development in Post-Covid19 Africa
"COVID-19 has enabled us to explore new platforms and ways of identifying people," said Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Path to COVID-19 Recovery Requires Boldness, Says Vera Songwe
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the… Read more »
June 16, 2020
Africa: New Report, COVID-19 in African Cities - Impacts, Responses and Policies, Launched By ECA & Partners
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crippling economies the world over and set to trigger into motion Africa's first recession in 25 years, the Economic Commission for Africa and… Read more »
June 15, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Science, Technology and Innovation Key to Africa's Recovery, Says Songwe
Science, technology and innovation will be at the heart of Africa's recovery from the devastating coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the continent's ability to create sustainable… Read more »
June 12, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - UN Calls On Governments to Help Landlocked Neighbours
Well-functioning transit transport services and procedures are essential to ensure people in landlocked developing countries have timely access to medical products and basic goods… Read more »
June 10, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Africa in Urgent Need of Affordable Broadband Internet
The director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Jean-Paul Adam, told journalists during a virtual press… Read more »
June 08, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 Aftermath - Policy Dialogue On Building Back Better With African Youth Set for Tuesday
For a continent of over 1,2 billion people, coronavirus infection and death rates have been remarkably low in Africa but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive negative… Read more »
June 04, 2020
Africa: AfCFTA Remains Africa's Ambitious Plan to Prosperity Even in Midst of COVID-19
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is still the agreement with great potential to foster regional economic integration and economic growth, and take Africa to the… Read more »
Africa: Policymakers and Business Leaders to Review the Implications for E-Commerce in Africa and Beyond
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today will hold its first ecomConnect Day on the future of… Read more »
June 03, 2020
Africa: Africa Should Set COVID-19 Recovery Milestones Now - Vera Songwe
"We are yet to know how long the COVID-19 crisis will last, but we need to set the milestones for recovery now" said UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA Vera… Read more »
May 31, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 Heightens the Need for More Investments in Digital Transformation
During the current crisis of COVID-19 pandemic, some sectors like health and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) are experiencing unprecedented demand. Read more »
May 27, 2020
Africa: UN Deputy Chief - After COVID-19, Africa Can Build Back Better
These are challenging times for Africa and the rest of our global village. Read more »
May 21, 2020
Africa: Deputy Secretary-General Tells Africa Dialogues Series COVID-19 Poses Challenge to 'Common Goal of Silencing the Guns' On Continent
Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed's remarks, as prepared for delivery, to Session 2 of the Africa Dialogues Series 2020 on COVID-19 and Silencing the Guns in… Read more »
May 20, 2020
Africa: Initiative On Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and Other Trade Agreements
Following the raft of ad-hoc trade measures taken by countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations has put in place a new initiative to develop model provisions… Read more »
May 15, 2020
Africa: Electronic Trade Rekindling Sales for African Businesses During COVID-19
Imagine using one second to sell three thousand (3000) bags of a coffee produce which lay fallow hitherto in storehouses in Rwanda for months due to freighting stand-stills caused… Read more »
May 14, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 and Export Restrictions - The Limits of International Trade Law and Lessons for the AfCFTA
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today released a Policy Brief which provides a preliminary analysis, from an African perspective, of the limits of international trade law… Read more »
Africa: COVID-19 - Revamping Africa's Telecoms Infrastructure Crucial for Digital Health Services
Africa's telecoms infrastructure services need to be revamped if the continent is to effectively deliver digital health services, a new paper from the Economic Commission for… Read more »
May 13, 2020
Africa: Africa's Responses to COVID-19 Must Be Gender Responsive
UN Women and the African Union, in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on Tuesday hosted the inaugural meeting of African Ministers for Gender and Women's… Read more »
May 07, 2020
Africa: Webinar Discusses Coronavirus Impact On Macroeconomic Planning
The ongoing coronavirus crisis is making economic planners rethink the world's economy and macroeconomic planning, from both regional and country perspectives, says Institute of… Read more »
May 12, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 - Trade Expert Says AfCFTA Could Help Africa Bounce Back
Addis Ababa 11 May 2020 (ECA) - The director of regional integration and trade at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Stephen Karingi, told an online group of journalists on… Read more »
May 10, 2020
Africa: ECA Proposes COVID-19 Exit Strategies to Bring African Economies Back On Track
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a new report proposing to African nations various coronavirus disease (COVID-19) exit strategies following the imposition of… Read more »
May 07, 2020
Africa: ECA Leads Discussion On Africa's COVID-19 Lockdown Exit Strategies
African countries are turning their attention to lockdown exit plans as they seek to limit economic and societal damage with figures from the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »