Africa: ECA Mourns Passing of UNFPA's Babatunde Osotimehin

The Economic Commission for Africa joined the greater United Nations family Tuesday in mourning the sudden death of United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Babatunde… Read more »

Africa: Cfta Modalities On Goods and Services Adopted in Niamey

The sixth meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) was held from the 5th to 10th of June 2017, in Niamey, Niger, followed by the third meeting of the… Read more »

Botswana: ECA Mourns the Passing of Botswana's Former President, Sir Ketumile Masire

Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said he is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Botswana's former President, Sir Ketumile… Read more »

Central Africa: Experts to Brainstorm On Growth Strategies for Central Africa

Stakeholders in Central Africa's structural transformation are gearing up for the 33rd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE2017) dubbed, "Made in Central… Read more »

Mauritania: Mauritania Collaborates With ECA and Morocco for Better National Account Accuracy

A delegation from the Mauritanian national statistics office (Office National de la Statistique, ONS) initiated today a field trip to its Moroccan equivalent, the High Commission… Read more »

Africa: Africa Aims to Learn From Chile's Success in Mining Sector

A delegation from the Government of Chile and the Chilean private sector, through the coordination of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), will arrive in Addis Ababa to… Read more »

Africa: Illicit Financial Flows Working Group Convenes Second Meeting in Kenya

(ECA) - The second meeting of the IFF Working Group (IWG) commenced in Nairobi Thursday with Souad Aden-Osman, Coordinator of the Secretariat of the High Level Panel (HLP) on… Read more »

Africa: ECA and AfDB Re-Commit to Advancing Africa's Development

Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday met with the newly-appointed Senior Vice President of the African Development Bank… Read more »

Chad: Chad Launches the Country Mining Vision

The Government of Chad, in collaboration with the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC), launched the domestication process of the African Mining Vision (AMV). Read more »

Africa: Implementing Africa's Development Agenda - Experts to Convene in Seychelles to Review Baseline Report

Two years after the adoption of two significant development frameworks, experts from the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for African (UNECA),… Read more »

Africa: Abuja to Host High-Level Policy Dialogue On Mainstreaming SDGs in National Development Plans

(ECA) - The Capacity Development Division of the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) will in June jointly host a High Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa in… Read more »

Africa: Statistical Gaps Hampering Africa's Development Says ECA Official

Statistical gaps are hampering Africa's development and transformation, Bartholomew Armah of the Economic Commission for Africa's Renewal of Planning Section in the Macro-Economic… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change and Trade - Impact On Food Security in Africa

The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is jointly organized a session on "How taking into account climate change can help Africa to… Read more »

Africa: Regional Forum Ends With Reaffirmation of Africa's Desire to Stimulate Sustainable Growth

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Addis Ababa Friday with participants adopting an outcome document to take to the 2017 High-Level… Read more »

Africa: Regional Forum On Sustainable Development Ends On a High Note

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Addis Ababa Friday with participants adopting an outcome document to take to the 2017 High-Level… Read more »

Africa: Regional Forum On Sustainable Development Officially Kicks Off in Addis Ababa

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) officially kicked-off in Addis Ababa today with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa,… Read more »

Africa: 20th Session of West African Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Opens On Planning and Development

The Government of Burkina Faso, through the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) opened the 20th Session of the… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Action Is Good for African Economies

Addis Ababa 17 May, 2017 (ECA) -At the eve of the 2017 Africa Regional Forum to be kicked off this Thursday, a meeting on Sustainable Development advocated for a green… Read more »

Africa: ECA Teams-Up With International Hydropower Association to Develop Special Hydropower Tool

(ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa is teaming-up with the International Hydropower Association (IHA) to develop a tool that can quantify the comprehensive benefits of… Read more »

Africa: 2017 World Hydropower Congress Closes With Commitments to Better Hydro

The 2017 World Hydropower Congress concluded here with a series of commitments to better hydro, delivered by a broad range of organisations and institutions that participated in… Read more »

Africa: Sustainable Hydropower Development Case Studies Unveiled At Hydropower Congress

The 2017 World Hydropower Congress ended in Addis Ababa Thursday with the launch of a new collection of case studies highlighting good practice in sustainable hydropower… Read more »

Africa: Marine Mineral Resources to Benefit All Including Landlocked States

Seabed mining experts from all over the world convened from 2 to 4 May 2017 in the capital of the landlocked state of Uganda to discuss opportunities and explore the potentials of… Read more »

Africa: Integrate Climate Change in Planning and Design of Power and Water Infrastructure Projects, Says ECA Expert

The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC), a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together leaders and specialists with hydropower-related responsibilities from government, industry,… Read more »

Africa: Blog On SDG2 - ASD Forum Media Outreach

Frequent droughts, conflict and civil insecurity in parts of Africa have the potential to derail the quest to achieve the SDGs especially Goal 2 Read more »

Africa: President Duda of Poland Meets With ECA's Abdalla Hamdok

- Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday met with the Economic Commission for Africa's Acting Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok, to discuss a number of issues that include… Read more »