July 15, 2019
Africa: Clean Energy - Eca to Present Sdg7 Bonds in New York
UN Under-Secretary-General and ECA Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, will on 17 July 2019 chair a meeting in New York on "Accelerating clean energy investment in Africa". The… Read more »
Africa: Eca's Vera Songwe to Take Part in High Level Debate On Informality in New York
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, the African Union, the Economic… Read more »
July 09, 2019
Africa: High-Level Political Forum On Sustainable Development Kicks Off in New York
The meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development kicks off in New York today to evaluate global efforts to achieve the SDGs that focus on quality… Read more »
July 05, 2019
Africa: Africa Working Towards Delivering Credible Censuses During 2020 Round, Says Eca's Muhwava
The vast majority of African countries are preparing for or carrying out their national censuses as part of the 2020 round of census, raising the need for the continent to quickly… Read more »
June 10, 2019
Africa: Strathmore Law Students Win Global Moot Court Competition
Strathmore University's law students scored a first this weekend when they beat Harvard University's Law School team in the final round of the John H. Jackson Moot Court… Read more »
Africa: Kenyan Students Beat Harvard in Global Court Competition
Strathmore University's law students scored a first this weekend when they beat Harvard University's Law School team in the final round of the John H. Jackson Moot Court… Read more »
May 31, 2019
Africa: Songwe Discusses Implementation of Belt and Road Initiative With Chinese Delegation
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Friday met with a delegation from China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and had… Read more »
Africa: Songwe and EU's Economic and Social Committee President Discuss Afcfta Benefits
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Friday met and discussed with a European Union delegation the role of non-state actors in ensuring the… Read more »
May 29, 2019
Africa: Songwe, UN Heads of Agencies Discuss Need for Better Coordination and Delivery
Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Wednesday met with key heads of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia to discuss how the UN in the region… Read more »
May 06, 2019
Africa: UN Global Road Safety Week Calls On the Public to Demand Stronger Leadership
The UN Global Road Safety Week ( 6th - 12th May 2019) will this year focus on the theme, "Leadership for road safety." The theme acknowledges that stronger leadership is needed to… Read more »
April 20, 2019
Morocco: Vera Songwe Visits Rabat Following Tragic Loss of Two ECA Staff Members
ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe visited mourning families and staff in Rabat (Morocco) Friday 19 April, in support to them, following a tragic car accident in which two staff… Read more »
April 10, 2019
Africa: Memorial Service Held in Honour of UN, NGO Personnel Who Perished in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
A memorial service was held Wednesday in Addis Ababa in honour of 33 United Nations and non-governmental organizations personnel who lost their lives in last month's Ethiopian… Read more »
April 11, 2019
Africa: Highlights From RCM-Africa 20th Session On UN Support for the African Union
The 20th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa), which was held recently in Marrakech, provided a platform for high-level panel discussions on… Read more »
March 04, 2019
Africa: UN and AU Leaders Give Merits to Joint Development Mechanism for Africa
The UN's Regional Coordination Mechanism to support the African Union and its programs (RCM-Africa) is all about upscaling efforts to get needed sustainable development results for… Read more »
March 03, 2019
Africa: Africa Should Leverage Luxembourg Rail Protocol to Boost Transport Infrastructure
African States are losing out on massive opportunities to acquire railway transport vehicles at no financial cost go governments, but adherence to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol… Read more »
Africa: Time for the UN and African Union to Coherently Address Africa's Development Priorities
The African Union declared 2019 as a year of: "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa". A vision which… Read more »
March 10, 2019
Ethiopia: UN Family Mourns the Victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu,… Read more »
March 08, 2019
Africa: Productive Transformation Is a Must for Africa - AU Committee
There is no alternative to the equation of "developing an African industrial fabric, capable of boosting our production and processing capacity, and reducing our dependence on… Read more »
February 10, 2019
Africa: Guterres Lauds Africa for Its Generosity Towards Refugees
The 32nd African Union summit opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday with United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, praising Africa's commitment and generosity… Read more »
February 22, 2019
Africa: ECA-Uruguay Partnership to Focus On Africa's Agricultural Sector
A delegation from the Government of Uruguay on Friday met with the Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary, Giovanie Biha, and discussed ways through which the… Read more »
February 09, 2019
Africa: Guterres Praises UN-AU Cooperation, Calls It an 'Asset
- "The strategic cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations is a fundamental asset for the work of the United Nations in the world," said António Guterres,… Read more »
January 17, 2019
Ethiopia: UN Entities Support Ethiopia's Quest for Policy Coherence for the SDGs
The United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Thursday… Read more »
January 15, 2019
Africa: Ministers, New Belgian Ambassador Call On Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, had a busy day Tuesday, meeting with ministers from Ethiopia and Somalia and receiving the newly-appointed Belgian Ambassador to Ethiopia. Read more »
December 18, 2018
Africa: African Union Ministers of Trade Conclusively Reach Consensus On All Outstanding Issues On Afcfta Modalities for Tariff Liberalization
- The seventh meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) ended in Egypt this week with the ministers reaching an agreement on crucial aspects of the African Continental… Read more »
December 01, 2018
Africa: UN Agencies Unite in Support of Africa's Growth Agenda
"In a turbulent and unpredictable world where multilateralism is under threat, we need stronger collaboration in support of the 2030 and 2063 agendas," said Vera Songwe, Executive… Read more »