Africa: Boosting Access to Electricity Key for Africa's Development, Says ECA's Songwe

Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Its Partners' Report At Com2019 On the Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area

The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present recommendations that emanate from one of its annual… Read more »

Africa: Knowledgeable, Skilled Mayors Needed to Drive Change in Ethiopia's Cities

A three-day multi-stakeholder capacity development workshop to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the Ethiopian urban… Read more »

Africa: Afcfta Provides Unique Platform for Africa's Economic Transformation, Says Ethiopian Minister

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) provides the continent with an opportunity to develop regional value chains that will lead to market expansion and creation of… Read more »

Africa: ECA-WB Workshop Focuses On Jobs and Economic Transformation in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Bank on Tuesday hosted a Roundtable Workshop on Jobs and Economic Transformation to further the dialogue on employment… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia Reforms Aim to Increase Private Sector Participation in Economy

Ethiopia is implementing reforms to broaden the participation of the private sector in the country's economy as well as increase competitiveness as it seeks to create decent jobs… Read more »

Africa: Innovation Key to Creating Much-Needed Jobs in Africa, Says Songwe

Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera… Read more »

Africa: UN and AU Leaders Give Merits to Joint Development Mechanism for Africa

The UN's Regional Coordination Mechanism to support the African Union and its programs (RCM-Africa) is all about upscaling efforts to get needed sustainable development results for… Read more »

Africa: Quality Research Needed to Help Implement the Afcfta

With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meeting for the Economic Research Conference in Kigali… Read more »

Africa: Com2019 - All Set for 20th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa

All is set for the 20th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM) and the third meeting jointly organized with the Africa Regional United Nations Sustainable… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN to Host Workshop On Sustainable Urban Development in Ethiopia

A multi-stakeholder capacity development workshop is planned for 6-8 March, 2019 to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Should Leverage Luxembourg Rail Protocol to Boost Transport Infrastructure

African States are losing out on massive opportunities to acquire railway transport vehicles at no financial cost go governments, but adherence to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol… Read more »

Africa: Tax Reform, Digitization Key to Financing Africa's Development - ECA Report

A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging… Read more »

Africa: Com 19 Calls for Concerted Efforts to Move to the Next Step of Regional Integration

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Morocco and COMESA call for a single strategy and commitment from all partners to ensure that regional integration moves into… Read more »

Africa: Time for the UN and African Union to Coherently Address Africa's Development Priorities

The African Union declared 2019 as a year of: "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa". A vision which… Read more »

Africa: African Free Trade Is Almost Here, Delegates to Eca's 52nd Session Rejoice

Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have applauded the Federal… Read more »

Africa: Smart Ways of Buying Africa's Railway Vehicles, Up for Debate At Com2019

An event to kick start solid arrangements for the innovative financing of railway vehicles that would ply the African Integrated High Speed Railway Network, one of the African… Read more »

Africa: ECA's 52nd Session to Highlight Requisite Place of Youths in Africa's Leap-Forward

The ongoing 52nd ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019), is opening up a decisive window to emphasize the important place of… Read more »

Africa: 8th North African Development Forum to Discuss Smart Maritime Transport in Marrakech

The 8th edition of the North Africa Development Forum will take place on Saturday 23 March in Marrakech under the theme: "Blue Economy in North Africa: Smart Maritime Transport in… Read more »

Africa: Africa Prepares Tomorrow's Employment in Marrakech

As globalization, technological breakthroughs, demography and climate change are deeply transforming the global job market, is Africa able to provide a workforce that matches the… Read more »

Africa: Can Gender Budgeting Finance Inclusive Development in Africa?

The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with UN Women and the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Morocco, a meeting on "Gender-sensitive budgeting: a… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon's Critical Role in Implementing Africa's Free Trade Area, Rebooted

Cameroon needs the markets that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create to achieve the its goal of becoming an upper middle-income state, the country's… Read more »

East Africa: Multinationals Have an Important Role to Play in Integrating the Economies of Eastern Africa

Addis Ababa, 20 February (ECA) - According to the UN Economic Commission for Africa, US and other foreign investors have potentially a very important role to play in accelerating… Read more »

Africa: Experts Review Guidelines for National Afcfta Implementation Plans

Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA), African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) are meeting in Libreville, Gabon today to review the guidelines for preparing national… Read more »

Africa: ATPC Fourth Steering Committee Meeting

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held its fourth Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) from 27 to 28 February 2019 in Libreville,… Read more »