October 02, 2017
Africa: Senior Government Officials and Experts to Discuss Trade Facilitation in Southern Africa
The ECA office for Southern Africa will organize the Twenty Third Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa on the theme "Trade Facilitation in… Read more »
Africa: Time to Legislate Statistics Says South Africa's Statistician-General At SDMX Conference
Statistics make a crucial contribution to good governance in modern democracy, assisting in the formulation and evaluation of policies, among others, hence safeguards should be put… Read more »
September 22, 2017
Africa: Experts Discuss Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Southern Africa
A two-day consultative process on global compact for the safe, orderly and regular migration in southern Africa ended on 22nd September in Lusaka, Zambia. Five meetings on the… Read more »
August 19, 2017
Africa: SADC Can Create a Prosperous Environment for Citizens and Especially the Youth, Says ECA's Songwe
Africa cannot afford to leave its development agenda to the whims of unpredictable factors that are beyond its control, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary,… Read more »
August 01, 2017
Africa: ECA Launches the 2016 Malawi Country Profile
Twenty-one country profiles were released in 2016, covering Angola, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland in the Southern Africa region. Others are Central… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Southern Africa: ECA Urged to Address Development Challenges in Southern Africa
A two-day bureau meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa ended on 13 July in Lusaka, Zambia, with calls for the Economic Commission for… Read more »
June 04, 2017
Botswana: ECA Mourns the Passing of Botswana's Former President, Sir Ketumile Masire
Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said he is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Botswana's former President, Sir Ketumile… Read more »
March 25, 2017
Southern Africa: Infrastructure Development Key to Structural Transformation in Southern Africa
Dakar, 25 March 2017 (ECA) - Southern African countries surveyed in the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) latest Country Profiles are looking at accelerating the… Read more »
May 03, 2016
Africa: African Social Development Index Launched in Southern Africa
Southern Africa is still grappling with high levels of poverty, youth unemployment and inequality despite good economic performance. Read more »
February 20, 2017
Africa: ECA's Africa Governance Report On Corruption Launched in Johannesburg
The Economic Commission for Africa, in partnership with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) has today launched the fourth Africa Governance Report (AGR… Read more »
February 03, 2017
Southern Africa: Prospects for SADC Regional Integration Through Industrialization and the Role of China
The University of Johannesburg Confucius Institute (UJCI) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa -ECA in collaboration with Oxfam International's Africa-China… Read more »
December 03, 2016
Africa: Experts Held Discussions On Entrepreneurship in Africa
On 13 December 2016, the Finance and Private Sector Section of the Macroeconomic policy Division of UNECA organized an Experts Group Meeting at UNCC in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: ECA to Host Open Data Session At First UN World Data Forum in Cape Town
The Economic Commission for Africa is organising an Open Data side event at the first ever United Nations World Data Forum, that will be held in South Africa in January, to help… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: 2nd Annual Workshop On International Economic Negotiations Kicks Off in Johannesburg
The second Annual Workshop on International Economic Negotiations opened in Johannesburg on Monday under the theme, "Building Africa's Negotiating Capacity for Improved Terms of… Read more »
August 13, 2016
Africa: Malawi Aligns Its Mining Policy to the Africa Mining Vision
The Malawi Government through Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining with the support of African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) hosted a three-day stakeholder… Read more »
June 20, 2016
South Africa: Launch of a Joint Two-Year MPHIL Degree Programme in Industrial Policy
Launch of a joint two-year MPHIL degree programme in Industrial PolicyThe fruitful partnership between The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and The… Read more »
June 03, 2016
Malawi: Communications Workshop On the Africa Mining Vision in Malawi Connects With Media and Civil Society
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), with the support of technical partner UNDP Malawi, successfully hosted a three day workshop… Read more »
June 09, 2016
Africa: Malawi Establishes Amdc-Supported Task Team On Mining Contract Negotiations
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) together with the Government of Malawi announced the formation of a contract negotiation task team to support, Malawi's Minister of… Read more »
May 25, 2016
Malawi: Workshop to Communicate On the Africa Mining Vision Process in Malawi
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), with the support of technical partner UNDP Malawi, will host a three day workshop exploring… Read more »
Malawi: Africa Mining Vision Workshop On Capacity Building and Transparent Contract Negotiation Comes to Malawi
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) will deliver a workshop dedicated to strengthening the capacity of African governments to negotiate transparent, equitable and… Read more »
May 20, 2016
South Africa: Law Student Teams From South Africa and Kenya Qualify for Final Round of Moot Court Contest
Eleven African law students have qualified for the final oral round of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on World Trade Organization (WTO) law,… Read more »
May 14, 2016
Africa: Lopes, Geingob and Stiglitz Launch 2016 Namibia Country Profile
ECA - 10 May 2016, Windhoek, Namibia - The world is still perceiving Africa on its fragilities and thus the continent becoming the image of fragility itself, said ECA's Executive… Read more »
May 13, 2016
Namibia: Lopes, Geingob Launch 2016 Namibia Country Profile
ECA - 10 May 2016, Windhoek, Namibia - The world is still perceiving Africa on its fragilities and thus the continent becoming the image of fragility itself, said ECA's Executive… Read more »
April 20, 2016
Africa: Commitment to Tracking Illicit Financial Outflows Underlines Thabo Mbeki's EU Visit
Mr. Thabo Mbeki, addressed the Member States and Secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as its Development Assistance Committee… Read more »
March 24, 2016
Africa: Regional Integration and Monetary Unions in Africa
With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view… Read more »