Africa: The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) closes inaugural $100 million repo transaction at COP27

Sharm el-Sheikh , COP 27, 14th November 2022 - The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) designed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in… Read more »

Africa: COP27: Climate-resilient transport systems are critical for long-term development

Sharm El-Sheikh, 9 November 2022 (ECA) - Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Antonio Pedro, has highlighted the need for Landlocked Developing… Read more »

Africa: Leaders from Western Indian Ocean countries share progress on Great Blue Wall at COP27

Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, 9 November 2022 (ECA) – At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik, heads of state and senior government officials from the Western Indian Ocean region and… Read more »

Africa: Statement on the just energy transition

November 10, 2022 - The UN is  committed to fighting the climate emergency based on what science tells us.  In order to be on a pathway towards the 1.5 degree goal of the… Read more »

Africa: Secure statistics vital in achieving SDGs

Addis Ababa, 09 November 2022 (ECA) - Africa - on the verge of economic transformation - needs high quality statistics to inform development planning and to monitor progress on… Read more »

Africa: Global leaders urged to scale up action on the Great Blue Wall Initiative

Sharm El-Sheikh, 7 November 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today kickstarted its COP 27 activities with a gathering of global leaders who expressed… Read more »

Africa: Women shortchanged by digital finance

Addis Ababa, 3 November 2022 (ECA) – Africa must invest in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for women and girls, disciplines which would… Read more »

Africa: Managing Africa's debt burden to spur development

Addis Ababa, 31 October 2022 (ECA) – Africa needs to mobilize innovative financing for development programmes and effectively manage its debt burden, which left untackled,… Read more »

Africa: Experts Group Meeting of the 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

A Decade into APAI-CRVS: Reflecting on progress and accelerating efforts towards 2030 through transformed systems. Read more »

Africa: ECA unveils the Africa Hall renovation project – An upgrade to a living symbol of African history

Addis Ababa, 11 October 2022 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized its monthly Press Briefing on "Africa Hall and Pan-Africanism: Past,… Read more »

Africa: In Abuja, stakeholders gather to share experiences on the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) implementation

Abuja, Nigeria, 28 September 2022 - The ECA, UNDP, DESA and UNICEF are jointly organising a regional training workshop titled "Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF) and… Read more »

Africa: ECA provides IT equipment to support census digitization in Togo

Lomé, 27 September 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has handed over 15,000 electronic tablets and accessories to the government of Togo to be used for… Read more »

Africa: ECA holds Think Tanks and Experts Seminar on Population Dynamics in West Africa

Accra, Ghana, September 20, 2022 - The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA-SRO/WA), in collaboration with the Regional… Read more »

Africa: Blue Walls, Green Bonds and Debt-For-Nature: From pledges to implementation in Africa

Cairo, 9 September 2022 (ECA) — How do you finance a fair post-pandemic green and sustainable recovery? And how do you turn pledges into action? African ministers of finance,… Read more »

Africa: ECA empowers French-speaking African journalists on the African Continental Free Trade Area

Dakar, 7 September 2022 - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), supported by the European Union, kicked off a… Read more »

Africa: ECA and UN Climate Champions host expert group meeting on developing a high-integrity carbon market in Africa

Addis Ababa, 4 August 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted an expert group meeting to discuss the development of African carbon credit markets, in… Read more »

Africa: ECA and UN Climate Champions host African Roundtable to mobilize investment for climate-resilient projects in Africa

Addis Ababa, 5 August 2022 (ECA) - Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Climate Champions hosted… Read more »

Africa: An Economic Tsunami Is About to Hit the Poorest Countries: Inaction by the G20 Will Make it Worse

When G20 Finance Ministers meet this weekend in Bali, their meeting will likely be no more harmonious than their Foreign Minister counterparts managed ten days ago. But the world,… Read more »

Africa: The Financial System Africa Needs

Africa's vast economic potential is no secret. But tapping it will be possible only if major developed countries and emerging economies work together to design a more inclusive and… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Transport Sector to Strongly Benefit from African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to increase intra-African trade in transport services by nearly 50%, according to the latest estimates by the… Read more »

Central Africa: Using What You Have to Get What You Want: Why Central African Countries Must Put Natural Capital Accounting at the Centre of Their Development

By Nadia Ouedraogo, Issoufou Seidou, Abel Akara Ticha and Antonio Pedro* Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta prioritizes investing in women in tech

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 9, 2020 (ECA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he is determined to double down on efforts to back women entrepreneurs in Africa. Read more »

Africa: Experts Push for Strong Public-Private Partnerships to Build Resilient Post-Covid-19 Economies

Experts have called for strong collaboration between the public and private sectors in Africa to strengthen economies in the post-COVID-19 period. They believe this will help… Read more »

Africa: How AfCFTA Can Help Solar Power Penetration in Africa

Only about 43% of Africa's population has access to electricity, a number that is half the global access rate of 87%. This is according to the 2019 World Bank World Development… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Must Be Transparent and Accountable in Managing Sovereign Debt

African countries must be more transparent and accountable when managing sovereign debt amid rising concerns of impending debt distress engulfing the continent. Experts issued the… Read more »