March 25, 2019
Africa: Digital Transformation of Africa - Hype or Reality?
The 2019 Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture on the theme, "Digital Transformation of Africa: Hype or Reality", was delivered by Dr. Omobola Johnson, Former Minister of Communication… Read more »
Africa: ECA and UMA Take Stock of Their Cooperation in Marrakech
ECA's Executive Secretary Vera Songwe, met the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) Secretary General Taïeb Baccouche on Saturday 23 March in Marrakech, on the sidelines of the ECA 52nd… Read more »
Africa: Launch of the Book On the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of ECA in Marrakech
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government of Morocco, launched this Monday, in Marrakech, Morocco, the book on the commemoration of the 60th… Read more »
Africa: ECA's 52nd Session Opens With Calls for Investments and Productivity to African Leaders
- With a collective resolve, "Africa can raise the U$680 billion a year needed to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a decade," Vera Songwe - Executive… Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: ECA Support Requested for Stronger Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
Africa: ECA Calls for Better Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) held on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
West Africa: United Nations Update Potential Partners On the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel
On the margins of the 52 session of the conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and… Read more »
Africa: Com2019 - Private Sector Key to Improving Quality of Healthcare in Africa
The call for private sector involvement to improve Africa's health and economic growth grew louder in Marrakesh Sunday with a number of African Ministers and officials outlining… Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Worth Over a Billion Dollars Lost to Cyclone Idai, Says ECA Chief
Africa could have lost infrastructure worth more than a billion dollars following Cyclone Idai, the storm that battered Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Zimbabwe last week,… Read more »
March 23, 2019
Africa: The Digital Transformation As a Tool for Inclusive Trade-Led Industrialisation in Africa
A side event themed, Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Industrialisation took place this Saturday in Marrakech, Morocco. The event had four panellists from… Read more »
Africa: Flagship Reports On African Regional Integration
African leaders have intensified their efforts to promote regional integration as evidenced by establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), ratifying the… Read more »
Africa: Assessing Inclusion and Human Rights Implications of Digital Trade
Digital trade offers an innovative tool for industrial leapfrogging and income convergence, and human rights can provide firm ground for a consistent policy framework and… Read more »
Africa: Tax Reforms Could Yield African Countries $72 Billion in Extra Revenue - ECA Report
Arica could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually if comprehensive tax reforms are carried out, the Economic… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Adopt Pro-Poor Fiscal Policy to Meet Deadline for Development - ECA Report
African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income distribution and inequality, says the Economic… Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: Com 2019 - Eca Moves to the Agenda of Regional Integration in Africa
Following the launching of the 52nd session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of Regional Integration and Trade, Mr. Stephen… Read more »
Africa: Experts Tease Out Kingpin Role of Digitization for Africa's Revenue Harvest
Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa's development. Read more »
March 17, 2019
Africa: Adedeji Lecture to Focus On Promise and Peril of Digital Transformation, Says Eca's Nwuke
The Economic Commission for Africa's annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture will this year interrogate ideas, identify action areas, and propose tangible suggestions for debate and… Read more »
Africa: Com2019 an Opportunity to Create Impactful Solutions to Africa's Challenges, Says Chinganya
The annual Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM) is a great opportunity for Africa's ministers and experts from around the world to… Read more »
Africa: All Set for Era2019 Launch - Focuses On Fiscal Policy for Financing Sustainable Development in Africa
All is set for the launch of the Economic Report on Africa - ERA2019 - which examines institutional and policy reforms that are needed to enable African countries to maximize… Read more »
March 12, 2019
Africa: Publication Commemorating ECA's 60th Anniversary Launched During the Conference of Ministers
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government of Morocco, launched this Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, a publication commemorating the 60th… Read more »
March 11, 2019
Africa: UN Family in Ethiopia Pay Their Respects to Personnel Killed in Airline Crash
United Nations staff in Ethiopia gathered today at the UN Conference Centre for a minute of silence and a flag lowering ceremony in memory of the 19 United Nations personnel killed… Read more »
Africa: UN Chief 'Deeply Saddened' By Ethiopia Plane Crash Which Killed More Than 150, Including 19 UN Staff
An Ethiopian Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN Secretary-General António… Read more »
March 10, 2019
Ethiopia: UN Family Mourns the Victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu,… Read more »
March 08, 2019
Africa: Productive Transformation Is a Must for Africa - AU Committee
There is no alternative to the equation of "developing an African industrial fabric, capable of boosting our production and processing capacity, and reducing our dependence on… Read more »
March 07, 2019
Africa: ECA Chief Says World Loses Trillions to Gender Inequality
Addis Ababa 7 March 2019 (ECA) "When you have women in positions of leadership, business does better and there's more innovation, more value creation and more profit," said Vera… Read more »
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