July 11, 2017
Africa: Home-Grown Aspirations Drive Africa's Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
At the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that kicked-off this week, ECA's Special Advisor on SDGs Aida Opoku-Mensah, informed the delegates that the SDGs and… Read more »
July 09, 2017
Africa: Thoughts On the African Data Ecosystems
Ahead of the 20 July launch of The Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR2016) in Accra, stakeholders attending the Africa Open Data Conference (AODC17) spent several hours assessing… Read more »
July 07, 2017
Africa: ECA Hosts Webinar On Need for Efficient Industries in Central Africa
The sub-regional office of the Economic Commission for Africa in Central Africa (ECA SRO-CA) on July 6, 2017, organized a webinar on the importance of building efficient industries… Read more »
Africa: Idep Organises a Dialogue On « Which Big Data for Africa? »
IDEP organises a dialogue on « Which Big Data for Africa? ». Read more »
July 06, 2017
Africa: East African Experts Benefit From Training On Energy Demand, Supply Planning & Management
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recently hosted a course on energy demand and supply training for east African energy experts in a bid to strengthen the region's technical… Read more »
Africa: Accra Launch of the Africa Data Revolution Report
The inaugural edition of the Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR 2016) will be launched on 19 July in Accra, Ghana, as part of activities marking the 2nd Africa Open Data… Read more »
Africa: IDEP Organises a Dialogue On « Gender and Climate Change in Africa»
Within the framework of the African Institute for economic development and planning (IDEP) development seminars series, a high level round table dialogue on « Gender and… Read more »
July 03, 2017
Africa: Regional Integration - African Statistics Directors Meet At World Statistics Congress
The UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Kingdom of Morocco High Commission for Planning (HCP) will hold a regional conference on the role of statistics in Africa's regional… Read more »
Africa: At AU Summit, UN Deputy Chief Calls for Greater Partnership to Implement the Continent's Development Agenda
While Africa has made significant progress, the great challenge that lies before us is how to deliver on the full promise of the global 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 for Africa and… Read more »
July 01, 2017
Africa: Abdalla Hamdok Calls for Targeted Policy in Order to Harness Youth Potential
Getting the fundamentals right is the first step to harnessing Africa's demographic dividend and must be supported by targeted policy actions that foster investment in the youth.… Read more »
June 30, 2017
Africa: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched, on this day… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Country Profile Launched in Abuja With Call for Nation to Address Energy Issues
Nigeria's Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa's Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, on Friday launched the West… Read more »
Africa: Raise Public Awareness As You Mainstream SDGs, ECA's Boko Urges Member States
Mainstreaming sustainable development goals into national development plans requires governments on the continent to build public awareness on the SDGs and their relevance to… Read more »
June 29, 2017
Africa: ECA Develops Toolkit to Help Member States Integrate Agendas 2030 and 2063
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is developing a toolkit that will help African countries develop an integrated approach in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable… Read more »
June 28, 2017
Africa: High Level Policy Dialogue Kicks Off in Abuja With ECA Recommitting to Strengthening Support for Africa
The High Level Policy Dialogue on development planning in Africa opened Wednesday in Abuja with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recommitting to strengthening its support… Read more »
June 27, 2017
Africa: All Is Set for Abuja High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans
All is set for the High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa that opens in Abuja Wednesday with the aim of helping member States mainstream Sustainable… Read more »
Nigeria: High Level Policy Dialogue Begins in Abuja - 28-30 June
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June 19, 2017
Africa: African Countries Urged to Leverage Urbanization to Accelerate Industrialization
#x2010; With the right policy frameworks in place, urbanization can be used as a tool for boosting industrialization for greater prosperity, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)… Read more »
June 16, 2017
Africa: African Economic Conference 2017 - Call for Papers
The African Economic Conference 2017 is jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme and will… Read more »
June 15, 2017
Ethiopia: ECA Mourns the Loss of German Ambassador to Ethiopia and the AU
The Economic Commission for Africa has learnt with great sadness, the passing away of Joachim Schmidt, German Ambassador to Ethiopia and to the African Union. Read more »
June 14, 2017
Africa: Experts Back Report On Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa
A two-day Experts' Group Meeting to validate a study on Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with participants endorsing the draft report as an… Read more »
June 09, 2017
Africa: Africa and Chile Eye Mutually Beneficial South-South Cooperation
There are benefits that mineral-endowed countries in Africa could accrue from intensifying their cooperation with Chile, the world's biggest copper producer and a country, which… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Endorse ECA's Programme of Work for 2018-2019
Representatives of African governments met in Addis Ababa recently and endorsed the ECA 2018-2019 programme of work. Read more »
June 08, 2017
Africa: Africa's Top Civil Servants Benefit From an Idep Course On Industrial Policy
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently hosted senior civil servants from 20 African countries for a course on Industrial Policy in Africa aimed… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: High Level Panel On Migration Launched With Liberia's Sirleaf As Chair
"Just last week, some forty young men and women died of thirst in the Sahara Desert, while trying to reach Europe. More than a thousand have perished in the Mediterranean Sea since… Read more »
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