Africa: ECA's Biha Urges Africa to Rally Behind Afcfta At African Economic Conference

Deputy Executive Secretary Giovanie Biha of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday issued an impassioned plea for countries that are yet to sign the historic African… Read more »

Africa: Executive Secretary Leads ECA in Marking International Day of Persons With Disabilities

The Economic Commission for Africa's management is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have the right support to access all services, technologies and systems at… Read more »

Africa: Experts Weigh in On New Strategy for Financing Africa's Infrastructure

A draft report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) titled, "Attracting Institutional Investors in Africa's Infrastructure," has undergone a thorough review… Read more »

Egypt: South-South Cooperation - Egypt and Sudan Share Their PPP Experiences, With Support From ECA

A delegation from the Public-Private Partnership Unit, recently established at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of Sudan, initiated yesterday a work visit to its… Read more »

Africa: UN Agencies Unite in Support of Africa's Growth Agenda

"In a turbulent and unpredictable world where multilateralism is under threat, we need stronger collaboration in support of the 2030 and 2063 agendas," said Vera Songwe, Executive… Read more »

Southern Africa: SMEs to Gain Priority At the 25th Ice of Southern Africa to Be Hosted By the Kingdom of Eswatini

The first Consultative Meeting of the Bureau of the 24th Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa met and resolved that the theme for the 25th ICE meeting… Read more »

Africa: Developing Urban Futures a Chance for Africa to Redesign Its Cities As Engines of Growth, Says Songwe

Africa needs to redesign its cities in a way that will create jobs for its growing youth population, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said… Read more »

Africa: Adopt Harmonised Land Policy, Experts Urge Members States

The two days Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting (AEGM) on the theme "Land, Identity and Socio-Economic Transformation in Southern Africa" has ended today with experts urging Member… Read more »

Africa: Launch of the 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report - Towards a Transformed and Resilient Continent

The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report: Towards a transformed and resilient continent was launched during the 12th Session of the Committee of Director-Generals of the… Read more »

Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence - November 25 - December 10, 2018

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international UNiTE advocacy campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. Read more »

Africa: Pida Week Ends With Calls On Africa to Accelerate Implementation of Game-Changing Infrastructure Projects

Addressing Africa's infrastructure gap remains an imperative that African governments should continue to take seriously if the continent is to realise the aspirations its people as… Read more »

Africa: Enable Access to Land for All Socio Classes - Says ECA's Adejumobi

Southern African countries have been urged to ensure regional frameworks on land are carefully interrogated to guarantee access for all social classes. The Economic Commission for… Read more »

Africa: Mauritania Iguide Now Available to Investors

- The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Pledges Continued Support for Africa's Blue Economy

In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic… Read more »

Africa: ECA Presents New Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (Nua) in Africa to Local Authorities

-The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a session on the recently-produced Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda… Read more »

Africa: Investors Can Now Make Use of a New Online Guide to Mauritania

The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private… Read more »

Africa: Let Us Make Africa's Infrastructure Competitive, Zimbabwean Minister Urges Continent At Pida Week

Africa needs to unite and work hard to reverse colonial infrastructure systems which promoted the extraction of profitable agricultural and mineral wealth for export at the expense… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Soteri Urges African Countries to Sign the Luxembourg Protocol

Railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the continent's sustainable development agenda, Soteri Gatera, Chief of… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Infrastructure Deficit Under Spotlight As Pida Week 2018 Opens in Victoria Falls

The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week 2018 opened in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Monday with a media breakfast that brought together journalists,… Read more »

Africa: Weather Forecasting Experts Converge for a Write-Shop to Draft an African Regional Climate Outlook Forum Best Practices Document

More than 20 weather experts from across Africa met in Windhoek, Namibia from the 22-23 November to identify best practices in the African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOFs)… Read more »

Africa: Retreat of the Idep Technical Advisory Committee

From 31 October to 01 November 2018, the IDEP Technical Advisory Committee retreat was held in Dakar (Senegal) on the review of IDEP's training activities and research program. The… Read more »

Africa: East African Countries Agree to Strenghten Regional Integration Through the Continental Free Trade Area

Kigali, Rwanda, 22 November - Representatives of 14 countries in East Africa have agreed that the African Continental Free Trade Area, the AfCFTA, represents a unique opportunity… Read more »

West Africa: The ECA and Its Partners Meet to Improve On the Implementation of the Centre of Excellence in Demographic Dynamics for Development in West Africa

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) is organizing, starting today at the National School of Statistics and… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Protocol On the Free Movement of People Under Spotlight At ECA Meeting

Africa needs a major mindset change so it can tear down the physical and mental borders imposed during colonial times so citizens can embrace each other for the betterment of the… Read more »

East Africa: East African Countries Urged to Up Their Game to Attract Private Tourism Investments

A two-day Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting opened in Kigali Wednesday with participants exploring avenues through which financing for tourism development in the Eastern Africa region… Read more »