December 01, 2015
Africa: Africa Is the Continent of Now, Says Mme Zuma of the African Union Commission
Africa is not only the continent of the future, but mostly the continent of now, Madame Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma President of the Commission of the African Union told thousands of… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: The Africa Pavilion at COP21 Officially Opens on a High Note
Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris. Speaking at the high level… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: Carlos Lopes On Africa's Course in the Climate Negotiations
ClimDev-Africa) - "Africa has played a key role in global climate negotiations. Since 2006, the African group of negotiators working hard, but it must find ways to strengthen its… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Leaders Commend ECA Climate Change Work At Cop 21 Africa Pavilion
The President of Benin, Boni Yayi, today praised the intellectual leadership role that Mr. Carlos Lopes and his team at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »
Africa: Why Africa Should Care about the Paris Climate Agreement?
The stakes are high for Africa at the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, as the outcome will have… Read more »
November 30, 2015
Africa: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in Central Africa
Convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a panel of about 30 experts will meet from 2 - 4 December 2015 in Douala, Cameroon, to build their capacity to… Read more »
Africa: Carlos Lopes Says Paris Climate Agreement Should Aim to Save Lives
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said that unless climate negotiators and governments begin to put faces and people behind the statistics on… Read more »
November 07, 2015
Africa: Africa & China - More FDI Needed to Boost Exchange
China is Africa's first trade partner but ranks behind the United States, European countries and India when it comes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa, said ECA… Read more »
November 04, 2015
Africa: UN in Addis Ababa to Hoist Palestine Flag During Solidarity Day
Two months after the 102nd meeting of the 69th General Assembly meeting, where a vote on the raising of flags by non-member observer States at the United Nations was passed,… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Lopes to Discuss New African-Chinese Paradigm in Marrakech
ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes will visit Morocco on 24-27 November, to take part in the 2015 Sino-African Entrepreneurs Summit and meet several Moroccan ministers and high… Read more »
November 16, 2015
Tunisia: Tunisia's Economic Future is in Africa
Tunisia, already at a political crossroads, must now also change its economic strategy and turn more towards Africa. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission… Read more »
October 30, 2015
Africa: Towards a More Active Participation of Africa in Cop 21
ClimDev-Africa) - The 5th Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5) which ended in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe at the weekend has emboldened Africa for a… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Growth is Real But Development Must Be Inclusive - Calos Lopes Blog
Africa's much trumpeted growth is real. It is a significant historical achievement to be able to almost triple GDP in one and half decade. Read more »
October 24, 2015
Africa: 'Turn the World UN Blue' - UN Buildings in Ethiopia Turn Blue to Mark UN Day
To celebrate the UN's 70th anniversary, the UN buildings in Ethiopia have been lit up blue in the lead up to UN Day, 24 October. The effort is part of a global campaign aimed at… Read more »
October 25, 2015
Africa: Africa-India Facts & Figures 2015 to be Launched in New Delhi
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will launch the Africa-India: Facts & Figures 2015, in New Delhi in the… Read more »
October 22, 2015
Africa: Harnessing Foreign Direct Investment - Calos Lopes Blog
Dubbed the new investment frontier, Africa's attractiveness is becoming more visible to large corporations, institutions and investors. Read more »
September 02, 2015
Africa: Carlos Lopes Takes Part in Arab League Economic and Social Council Meeting
UN Under-Secretary-Generaland ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes will take part on 3 September 2015 in Cairo (Egypt) in the 96th ministerial meeting of the League of Arab States… Read more »
September 01, 2015
Africa: Africa Welcomes Japan's Quality Infrastructure Model
"Africa has been identified as one of the leading regions in implementing regulatory reforms to improve their business climate. The environment for investing in Africa's… Read more »
July 13, 2015
Africa: ECA, Germany and World Bank to Launch New Network of Excellence On Land Governance
Joint press release on the occasion of the signing ceremony of a declaration of intent to launch a Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) Read more »
July 01, 2015
Africa: Stakeholders Mull European Union 'Aid for Trade' Strategy
In one of the side events organized in the framework of the 5th Global Review of Aid for Trade, Mr. Stephen Karingi, Director of ECA's Regional Integration and Trade Division, was… Read more »
June 07, 2015
Africa: The Year 2015 Decisive for Africa's Sustainable Development Plans
"This is a momentous opportunity that the Africa region must seize to pave the way for its meaningful participation in the global institutional architecture for sustainable… Read more »
June 12, 2015
Africa: Mega Trade Agreement a Step Forward for the Continent – Carlos Lopes
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes has lauded the tripartite free trade area agreement reached by three Regional Economic… Read more »
June 11, 2015
Africa: 'Seize your future', ECA Chief Says at Executive Council of the African Union Gathering
"If Africans do not occupy the policy space vacated in the recent past, thanks to the various crises that shook the pillars of the financial system and facilitated the emergence of… Read more »
June 14, 2015
Africa: ECA Chief Tells AU Summit to Align and Measure African Development Goals
"ECA is working to ensure that the issue of the African Development Goals (ADGs) does not fall off our collective radar but we must remember that existing programmes and frameworks… Read more »
May 13, 2015
Africa: Africa Prepares for the Mid-Term Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action
Initiated at the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (UN-LDC IV) in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2011, the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) represents a… Read more »