Africa: MDGs - It's Not the Money But What You Do With It

Don't get hung up on aid, warns the Economic Commission for Africa. The policies and capacity to deliver on them are what counts. Read more »

Africa: Private Sector - Key to Economic Growth

The private sector only gets a brief mention in the Millennium Development Goals. Yet it is business - entrepreneurs, employers, investors and workers - who are best positioned to… Read more »

Africa: Africa Can Move Faster on MDGs, Says Report

A new report on the Millennium Development Goals published by the Economic Commission for Africa says that despite widespread pessimism, some African countries are on course to… Read more »

Africa: Educate Girls - and Boost Health

In the years leading up to 2000, sub-Saharan Africa saw striking progress towards Millennium Development Goal 2, achieving universal primary school enrolment - a solid seven… Read more »

Africa: Responsible Media - Critical for Development

Development objectives such as the MDGs are all very well but unless they are publicised, explained and discussed, their impact will be small. Read more »

Africa: Better Governance, More Goals Achieved

Increasing aid and mobilizing business to achieve the MDGs in Africa is only one side of the coin. African governments also need to raise their game. Read more »

Africa: Commission for Africa Report Launched

The Commission for Africa (CFA), brainchild of British premier Tony Blair, launched its long-awaited report [pdf] on 11 March, urging increased aid to the continent, but stressing… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Forum Discusses 'Youth for Leadership in the 21st Century'

Mr. Chairman, Colleagues from the United Nations system, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Read more »

Africa: Corruption a Two-Way Street

A lively debate on corruption and governance constituted the highlight of the third day of ADF IV. Participants said that while corruption was a cancer eating away at African… Read more »

Africa: Children of Africa Unite and Fight

Conference room one united in song this morning as President Kenneth Kaunda gave his keynote address at the ADF IV plenary session on "The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa's Capacity… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Future Depends on Treatment for People Living with HIV/Aids, Commissioner Warns

The former Prime Minister of Mozambique, Pascoal Mocumbi, has warned of devastating consequences for Africa if HIV-positive people are not given treatment. Read more »

Africa: Royals Ignite Day Two with Impassioned Defence of Traditional Govenance

His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene of the Ashanti people of Ghana, and His Majesty Kgosi Leruo T. Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Kingdom in South Africa,… Read more »

Africa: ADF 'the Leading Forum for Serious and Intellectually Rigorous Discussion' - Meles

The Ethiopian Prime Minister, H.E. Meles Zenawi, today opened the Fourth African Development Forum (ADF IV), taking place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »

Africa: Report Shows African Governance Improving, Calls for Action Plan to Address Weaknesses

African governance is improving but significant challenges remain. That's the message of a summary report released by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »

Africa: Speech to Fourth African Development Forum, Addis Ababa, 11 October 2004

Dr. Amoako, Host of the Conference, Ms. Mongella, Honorable Ministers, Madam Vice-President, Distinguished participants. Read more »

Africa: Experts, NGOs Discuss HIV/Aids Impact on Rural Communities in Africa

Leading members of the global HIV/AIDS community and African NGOs meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa's rural populations. Read more »

Africa: African Ministers Expected to Renew Pledge for the Advancement of Women

Over 43 African ministers in charge of gender affairs gather in Addis Ababa this week for the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+10). Read more »

Africa: Unlocking Africa's Trade Potential

Trade liberalization alone will not boost growth and poverty reduction in Africa. That's the key message of this year's Economic Report on Africa 2004 (ERA 2004), published by the… Read more »

Africa: Governance Heads Agenda at Fourth African Development Forum

About one thousand delegates from all over Africa including presidents, activists, businesspeople, journalists and academics will gather in Ethiopia next month to participate in… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches Report Assessing Regional Integration in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today launched a groundbreaking publication on regional integration in Africa. The report, called Assessing Regional Integration in Africa… Read more »

Africa: La CEA lance le rapport sur l'état de l'intégration régionale en Afrique

La Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) publie aujourd'hui une étude inédite sur l'intégration de l'Afrique. Ce rapport, intitulé État de l'intégration régionale en Afrique,… Read more »

Africa: Amoako Calls For Action on African Unemployment, Poverty

ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako has predicted that Africa faces sharply worsening unemployment and poverty unless governments take multi-faceted actions to create jobs. Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs to Remove Obstacles to Trade, Says Amoako

African countries must do more to maximize the benefits of trade for development, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), K.Y. Amoako,… Read more »

Africa: Ministers to Discuss Trade Policy and Development Agenda in Africa

African ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will meet in Kampala, Uganda, May 21-22, to discuss how best to maximize the contribution of trade to national… Read more »

Africa: Workshop Agrees to Boost Capital Markets

The North African Capital Markets Development Workshop, organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), JP Morgan (the Investment Bank) and the Cairo and Alexandria… Read more »