Africa: New Economic Report Reveals Promise of Africa's Industrialization

The 2014 edition of the Economic Commission for Africa flagship report was launched Monday in Addis Ababa, with the unanimous view that industrialization is crucial to Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Eca Chief Calls for a Rethink of Financing Strategies for the Continent's Transformation Agenda

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has stressed the need to scale up both domestic and private external financial resources for… Read more »

West Africa: The Eca/Sro-Wa Revives Its Cooperation With the Waemu

A delegation from the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, led by its Director, Dr Dimitri Sanga, along with two experts, Mr.… Read more »

Africa: Experts to Meet On Sustainable Development Financing to the Africa Region

Invitation to representatives of the media Read more »

West Africa: ECA Revives Cooperation With the West African Economic Monetary Union

The Economic Commission for Africa is embarking on a plan to re-establish cooperation with the West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU), following a memorandum of understanding… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Transformation Requires Visionary Leadership - Lopes

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has called for a 'revisit of the global perception of Africa,' which continues to be one of a… Read more »

Africa: Stakeholders to Consult On Financing Sustainable Development

Following a mandate from the Rio + 20 Summit, the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) established by the UN General Assembly in… Read more »

Africa: ECA Unveils New Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Initiative

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) presented a new Continent-Wide Initiative on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the Seventh Joint Annual Meeting of… Read more »

Niger: State Is Preparing to Host the United Nations Regional Workshop On Data Dissemination and Communication

On March 13-15, 2014,Niger will host the United Nations Regional Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication. With one month to go before this important meeting, the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's 'Fork in the Road' Pointing to Industrialization, Says Lopes

A decade after former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's made his landmark 'fork in the road' speech to the General Assembly calling for the reform of the global body, the Executive… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria to Host Third African Internet Governance Forum

The third African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) will take place in Abuja, Nigeria from 10 to 12 July 2014. According to the Secretariat of the African Internet Governance Forum… Read more »

Africa: Experts Confer On 'Bankable' Aid for Trade Projects

Experts attending a 3 day meeting in Tunis last week have agreed that Regional UN Economic Commissions could collaborate in assisting developing countries to optimize their… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Funds Can Help Retain Capital in Africa - Says ECA's Lopes

Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, Wednesday, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has… Read more »

Africa: LPI Supports the Establishment of a Civil Society Platform On Land Policy

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) supported the organization of a Civil Society (CSO) Meeting on the establishment of a platform that would ensure continued and organized… Read more »

Africa: LPI Events At World Bank Conference - Talking Land Governance and Partnerships

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) co-sponsored and participated in the 2014 annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, held in Washington D.C., between 24 and 28 March 2014,… Read more »

Africa: 20 Years After Genocide, Rwanda Remembers, Renews, and Unites

The commemoration of genocide on April 7 in Rwanda marked 20th anniversary of a brutal slaughter, in which close to one million people were murdered within 100 bloody days. African… Read more »

Rwanda: Ban Ki-Moon Pays Tribute to Fallen UN Colleagues and Comforts Their Families

As part of the commemorations of the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the fallen 64 UN staff and their… Read more »

Africa: As Rwanda Commemorates the Genocide, Ban Ki-Moon Pays Tribute to UN Fallen Colleagues and Comforts Their Families

The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to 64 UN staff, brutally killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, expressing deepest condolences to… Read more »

Africa: Rwanda Pays Tribute to the Genocide Victims, Celebrates Progress, 20 Years After

The Commemoration of genocide on April 7 in Rwanda marks 20th anniversary of the evilest slaughter, in which close to one million people were murdered within 100 bloody days. Read more »

Africa: Capital Flight From Africa

Billions of US dollars disappear each year without a trace from developing countries generally, and Africa in particular, ending up in enclaves - so called tax havens or in… Read more »

Africa: Effective Land Policy Frameworks Key to Inclusive Investment Models

Africa needs effective land policies and management systems that promote access to land for women and youth, and responsible governance of large scale land based investments. This… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Chief' Adedeji Honored in Emotional Tribute At Launch of Lecture Series

The annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture Series was launched during the joint ECA-AU March 25-31 Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development to commemorate the… Read more »

Africa: New GDP a Sign of Progress in Shaping Africa's Narrative - Says ECA's Lopes

As a result of rebasing and re-benchmarking of the national accounts series of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Nigeria's nominal GDP has been nearly doubled, becoming Africa's… Read more »

Cape Verde: Cape Verde to Host 2nd National Forum On Transformation

A decade after the first National Transformation Forum that was held in 2003, the Cape Verde Centre for Strategic Policies in collaboration with partners such as the Economic… Read more »

Niger: Experts From Niger Analyze Best Practices in Land Development

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the National Committee of the Rural Code of Niger will organize a "Validation workshop of the report on promising practices on land use… Read more »