August 21, 2017
Ghana: Launch of the 2016 Country Profile for Ghana - Improving Energy Supply to Drive Growth in the Country
the Ghanaian Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, launched the 2016 Country Profile for… Read more »
August 08, 2017
Africa: Africa's Transboundary Infrastructure Development in Focus At Lagos Conference
The Economic Commission for Africa is organizing a session to discuss transboundary infrastructure development on the continent during the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar… Read more »
July 20, 2017
Nigeria: Amdc Calls for an Inclusive Mineral Sector in Nigeria
Adopting and domesticating the African Mining Vision (AMV) will contribute to laying the institutional groundwork and cementing strong accountability mechanisms that are vital for… Read more »
Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration Launched in Ghana
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today unveiled a Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project to track… Read more »
July 17, 2017
Africa: African Land Commissioners' Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Opens in Accra
The first ever meeting of African Land Commissioners opened in Accra Monday with Ghana's Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu, lamenting the extreme levels of… Read more »
July 06, 2017
Africa: Accra Launch of the Africa Data Revolution Report
The inaugural edition of the Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR 2016) will be launched on 19 July in Accra, Ghana, as part of activities marking the 2nd Africa Open Data… Read more »
July 17, 2017
Ghana: Workshop With African Land Commissions On Securing Community Land Rights Begins in Accra - 17-20 July, 2017
What: High level workshop on securing community land rights in Africa Read more »
July 18, 2017
Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration to Be Unveiled in Ghana
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will on Thursday hold an inception workshop in Accra, Ghana, to launch the Monitoring… Read more »
July 15, 2017
Ghana: Regional Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Set for Accra
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), in partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), are next week convening a regional workshop with African Land Commissions on… Read more »
June 30, 2017
Africa: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched, on this day… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja With Call for Nation to Address Energy Issues
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, on Friday launched the West… Read more »
June 28, 2017
Africa: High Level Policy Dialogue Kicks Off in Abuja With ECA Recommitting to Strengthening Support for Africa
The High Level Policy Dialogue on development planning in Africa opened Wednesday in Abuja with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recommitting to strengthening its support… Read more »
June 27, 2017
Africa: All Is Set for Abuja High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
All is set for the High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa that opens in Abuja Wednesday with the aim of helping member States mainstream Sustainable… Read more »
Nigeria: High Level Policy Dialogue Begins in Abuja - 28-30 June
What: High Level Policy Dialogue on development planning in Africa Read more »
June 02, 2017
Mauritania: Mauritania Collaborates With ECA and Morocco for Better National Account Accuracy
A delegation from the Mauritanian national statistics office (Office National de la Statistique, ONS) initiated today a field trip to its Moroccan equivalent, the High Commission… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: High Level Panel On Migration Launched With Liberia's Sirleaf As Chair
"Just last week, some forty young men and women died of thirst in the Sahara Desert, while trying to reach Europe. More than a thousand have perished in the Mediterranean Sea since… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Launch High Level Panel On Migration
On the margins of the forthcoming ECOWAS Heads of States Summit, a High-level Panel on International Migration in Africa will be launched on 6 June 2017 in Monrovia, Liberia, with… Read more »
May 26, 2017
Africa: Abuja to Host High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
(ECA) - The Capacity Development Division of the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) will in June jointly host a High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa in… Read more »
May 06, 2017
West Africa: Experts Seek to Accelerate Structural Transformation in West Africa
A two-day Ad hoc expert group meeting on "The impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET)on the structural transformation of… Read more »
May 02, 2017
West Africa: The ECA and Niger in Partnership to Promote Use of ICTs in West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework to organize a Forum on… Read more »
West Africa: The ECA and the National Assembly of Niger Undertake to Promote the Use of ICTs in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Assembly of Niger have established a partnership framework for… Read more »
April 08, 2017
West Africa: Ad Hoc Experts' Group Meeting On the Common External Tariff and the Economic Partnership Agreements in the Ecowas Area
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising an Ad hoc Experts' Group… Read more »
April 06, 2017
West Africa: Burkina Faso to Host 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for West Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa and the Government of Burkina Faso will in May co-host the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee… Read more »
April 17, 2017
Africa: Vera Songwe Appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the… Read more »
April 10, 2017
North Africa: Nouakchott - ECA Takes Part in SDGs Follow-Up in the Maghreb
A delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA, Office for North Africa) embarked on a one week visit to Mauritania, to meet high level officials from the Ministries of… Read more »