July 15, 2019
Africa: Eca's Vera Songwe to Take Part in High Level Debate On Informality in New York
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, the African Union, the Economic… Read more »
July 12, 2019
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Urged to Play 'Complimentary Political Roles'
Niamey, Niger - 4 July 2019 - The African Union Commission in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa,… Read more »
July 10, 2019
Central Africa: Cemac Leaders Urged to Mainstream Economic Diversification, Regional Value Chain Development in Community Economic Programme
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has once more urged leaders across the Central African subregion, especially those of CEMAC member States, to urgently pursue economic… Read more »
July 09, 2019
Cameroon: UN Begins Support for Coherent Climate, Land, Water and Energy Strategies
New models and tools to help government services pre-empt unproductive competition between food, water, energy and climate change policies and strategies are being introduced in… Read more »
Africa: High-Level Political Forum On Sustainable Development Kicks Off in New York
The meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development kicks off in New York today to evaluate global efforts to achieve the SDGs that focus on quality… Read more »
July 08, 2019
West Africa: West Africa - Afreximbank Announces Grant to Uneca for Data Collection On West Africa's Informal Trade
Niamey -- The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Niamey announced a grant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to conduct a one-year pilot… Read more »
July 07, 2019
Africa: UN's Amina Mohammed Pledges Full Support As Africa Begins to Implement Afcfta
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J Mohammed, on Sunday pledged the UN's full support to the African Union as nations begin to earnestly operationalise the landmark… Read more »
July 06, 2019
Africa: Recipe for Afcfta - New Report Looks At 'What's Next' for the Continental Agreement
The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger. Read more »
July 05, 2019
Africa: Africa Working Towards Delivering Credible Censuses During 2020 Round, Says Eca's Muhwava
The vast majority of African countries are preparing for or carrying out their national censuses as part of the 2020 round of census, raising the need for the continent to quickly… Read more »
July 04, 2019
Africa: Launch of Joint Eca-Ohchr-Fes Publication On the Human Rights and Inclusion Dimensions of Digital Trade in Africa
At the 2019 Aid for Trade Global Review, ECA jointly launched a publication with the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung… Read more »
Cameroon: ECA Forge Partnership for Boosting Digital Economy
"To fully succeed in, and become a sub-regional hub of digital transformation, Cameroon must very quickly move on costs, access, quality of services and on improving the sector's… Read more »
Cameroon: ECA to Play Pivotal Role in Retooling Cameroon's Industrial Masterplan
Cameroon's Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Mr. Gabriel Dodo Ndoke has solicited the support of the Subregional Office for Central Africa of the UN… Read more »
July 03, 2019
Africa: ECA to Support Cameroon's Digital Transition Strategy
Cameroon's Minister of Post and Telecommunications - Minette Libom Li Likeng - will on Thursday 4 July 2019 from 9.30 am chair a consultation to kick-start collaboration between… Read more »
Africa: Civil Society Forum Meets to Launch the AfCFTA Consultative Dialogue Framework
The Civil Society Forum will meet during the AU Extraordinary Summit in Niamey, Niger. The Summit is taking place to celebrate the Entry into Force of the AfCFTA Agreement and to… Read more »
July 02, 2019
Africa: ECA's 2020 Conference of Ministers to Focus On Industrialisation in the Digital Era
The fifty-third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be held in Addis Ababa… Read more »
Africa: Rules of Origin Have the Potential to 'Make-or-Break' the Effectiveness of Afcfta - UN Report
One UN Rwanda organised a policy dialogue to discuss the newly-released UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2019, which notes that, within the context of the current… Read more »
East Africa: ECA and Trademark East Africa Partner Towards the Implementation of Afcfta
In an effort to accelerate the implementation of the AfCFTA, Trademark East Africa and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) signed in June 2019 a Memorandum of… Read more »
July 01, 2019
Africa: Technology Set to Improve Data Quality, Timeliness & Dissemination of Census Results, Says Chinganya
A five-day experts group meeting on supporting electronic data collection and dissemination in censuses-making opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday with Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: The Sahel 2043 Prospective Study, the Focus of a Policy Dialogue Organized By the ECA With the Government of Burkina Faso
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, held a policy dialogue with the Government of Burkina Faso on the Sahel… Read more »
June 28, 2019
Africa: African Govts Urged to Move With Speed to Address Over-Dependence On Imported Medicines
The two-day Horn of Africa trade forum ended Friday in Addis Ababa with participants agreeing that with the African Continental Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) now in force, it was time… Read more »
Central Africa: Trade Relations - Central Africa Prepares Common External Tariff
In pursuit of a single customs union across the CEMAC and ECCAS community spaces in Central Africa, a consolidated proposal of a single common external tariff (CET) for both… Read more »
Africa: Experts Give "Thumbs-Up" to Harmonised Framework of the New Urban Agenda
Experts from selected member States of Eastern and Southern Africa gathered in Lusaka, Zambia from 27-28 June 2019 in a capacity development workshop to deliberate on the… Read more »
June 27, 2019
Africa: Africa Poised to Accelerate Road Safety Action Through the African Road Safety Observatory
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP, an international partnership administered by the World Bank) with the support of South Africa's… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Current Pharmaceutical Status Not Sustainable, Says Ali Mufuruki
It is critical that Africa develops its own manufacturing and research capacity, in particular its pharmaceutical industry, says Mr. Ali Mufuruki, Chairman and Chief Executive… Read more »
June 26, 2019
East Africa: All Set for Horn of Africa Trade Forum Focusing On Region's Pharmaceutical Industry
All is set for the two-day regional trade forum for the Horn of Africa focusing on the implementation of the historic African Continental Free Trade Agreement that went into force… Read more »
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