July 07, 2020
West Africa: The ECA in West Africa Takes Stock of the Recommendations of Its 22nd Ice and Prepares for the 23rd Session
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, organized a virtual meeting on Monday with the Bureau of the Twenty-Second… Read more »
Africa: AfCFTA Africa's Plan to Ride Out Crippling Coronavirus Crisis, Says Vera Songwe
Africa does not need a Marshall Plan to ride out the ongoing coronavirus crisis. It has a more powerful tool in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to use in… Read more »
Africa: ECA to Launch Reports On Unleashing the Potential of the Private Sector to Drive Green Growth and Jobs in Africa
The Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division (TCND) at ECA is leading a study on unleashing the potential of the private sector to drive green growth… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Africa Should Eye Strategies to Reduce Import Dependency of Essential Goods
- Africa has been battling to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to address its impacts but the socioeconomic hardship suffered is significant. Read more »
July 01, 2020
Central Africa: Free Roaming Within Cemac By Jan 2021 Is Way to Go!!!
Member States of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) have everything to gain in respecting the January 2021 deadline to finally put an end to surcharges on… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Africa: Keeping the SDGs Promise Still Possible Even With COVID-19, Says Songwe
Africa may have lost some momentum on its quest to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but the continent can fast track and… Read more »
June 29, 2020
Africa: ECA Supports Pilot Project for the Hodh Chargui Region
The ECA Office for North Africa, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization and the Wilaya of Hodh Charghi of the Islamic Republic of… Read more »
Africa: ECA and Its Partners Proceed With the Technical Validation of the Interim Report of the Study On the Establishment of an Autonomous Financing Mechanism for the LGA
Experts from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Liptako Gourma… Read more »
Africa: Land Policy Journal Paving the Way for African Scholars
ECA Press Release Nairobi, Kenya - On 22nd June 2020, the African Land Policy Center (ALPC) held the first Editorial Board Meeting for the African Journal on Land Policy and… Read more »
June 27, 2020
Africa: Marking 75 Years of the Charter of the United Nations
António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Read more »
Africa: The Climate Crisis - A Race We Can Win
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared. But we are far from powerless in the face of this global threat. As… Read more »
June 26, 2020
Cameroon: Time for Cameroon to Scale-Up Local Manufacturing in Readiness for AfCFTA
Cameroon's Minister of Trade - Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana concurred with officials of the Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),… Read more »
June 24, 2020
Africa: Call for Expression of Interest - Africa Making Moves to Manufacture Its Own Medicines
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from African pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce 107… Read more »
Africa: Gtap Awards Research Fellow Distinction to ECA Staff
The Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) in Purdue University has awarded Mr. Simon Mevel, Economic Affairs Officer of ECA, a research fellowship for the period 2020-2023 in… Read more »
Africa: Renewable Energy Investments Crucial in Africa's Efforts to Build Back Better Post COVID-19
It is essential for African governments to build back strong from the coronavirus crisis by placing investments in sustainable energy among the central recovery goals, and linking… Read more »
June 23, 2020
Africa: Over 600 Million Mobile Subscribers in Africa to Benefit From First-of-Its-Kind Digital Health Platform
"With this platform, we have the possibility of reaching between 600 million and 800 million mobile subscribers in Africa," said Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic… Read more »
Africa: COVID-19 - Africa and the United States to Remain Key Partners, Says President Kagame
A four-day leaders forum hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) opened Tuesday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame saying Africa and the United States will remain key trade… Read more »
Africa: Treat Climate Crisis With Same Urgency As COVID-19 Pandemic - New ECA Paper
A post coronavirus recovery in Africa should address the fundamental causes of vulnerabilities and go beyond fiscal and monetary adjustments whose sole aim is to ensure the… Read more »
June 22, 2020
Africa: Online Launch Event - Africa Communication and Information Platform (Acip) for Health and Economic Action
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Africa: ECA and Partners to Launch the Africa Communication and Information Platform in Response to COVID-19
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health… Read more »
June 21, 2020
Cameroon: Industrialization - ECA and Cameroon Poised to Consolidate Their Collaboration Framework
Cameroon's Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development of - Gabriel Dodo Ndoke - and the Director of the Sub-regional Office for Central Africa of the Economic… Read more »
Central Africa: Clustering in Special Economic Zones Can Boost Central Africa's Creative Industry, Says Eca's Pedro
The creative industries constitute an important lever for economic diversification in Central Africa and can help countries of the sub-region build back better in a post-COVID-19… Read more »
June 20, 2020
Africa: Online Launch Event - Africa Communications Information Platform (Acip) for Health and Economic Action
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June 19, 2020
Africa: ECA and Partners to Launch the Africa Communications Information Platform in Response to COVID-19
Africa is about to roll out a groundbreaking mobile based public communications platform to provide more than 600 million users across the continent with the latest public health… Read more »
Africa: "Times of Unprecedented Crisis Present Unique Opportunities for Unprecedented Action" - Graça Machel, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr. Vera Songwe, Maria Ramos
COVID 19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens which women carry the world over. As we respond to the impacts of… Read more »
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