Africa: Africa's Agricultural Production Systems Need a Radical Change - ECA's Karingi

"Regardless of the approach or transformative pathway chosen to change food systems and trade regimes, African countries need to undertake radical change in agricultural production… Read more »

Africa: How Policy Implementation Can Drive Africa's Agro-Allied Industry

Implementation of existing policies and strategies by African countries are essential to develop Africa's agro-allied industry, Ayodele Odusola, Chief Economist and Head of the… Read more »

Africa: Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin Addresses Issues of Globalization and Inequality

On Day 1 of the 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, Prof. Eric Maskin of Harvard University and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics made a short… Read more »

Africa: Is There a Future for Smallholder Farmers in Africa?

Participants at the 2016 African Economic Conference think there is future for smallholder farmers on the continent. They think African countries can use build upon the Green… Read more »

Africa: ECA to Host Open Data Session At First UN World Data Forum in Cape Town

The Economic Commission for Africa is organising an Open Data side event at the first ever United Nations World Data Forum, that will be held in South Africa in January, to help… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa's Industrial Transformation Need Not Be Cut-and-Paste

Transformative industrial policies that are in harmony with environmental protection need not be "an exercise of cutting and pasting but should be rather well crafted and context… Read more »

Africa: Congo Strengthens Mining Contracts for Development

The Government of Congo, through its Ministry of Mines, and the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), will host a workshop on 8 to 10 December 2016 to launch a project aimed… Read more »

Africa: Time to Converge International Development Agendas in Central Africa

A plethora of regional development bodies in Central Africa under the umbrella of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central Africa Economic and… Read more »

Africa: ECA and UMA Plan Joint Work to Achieve Regional Integration

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held Tuesday 6 December in Rabat a bilateral, exchange and… Read more »

Africa: External Peer Review Meeting On the Economic Report On Africa 2017, 15-16 December 2016

Urbanization and industrialization for Africa's transformation Read more »

Africa: Conference Partners, Nigerian Minister Engage With Media On Agro-Allied Industrialization

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB); Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Abdoulaye Mar… Read more »

Africa: 2nd Annual Workshop On International Economic Negotiations Kicks Off in Johannesburg

The second Annual Workshop on International Economic Negotiations opened in Johannesburg on Monday under the theme, "Building Africa's Negotiating Capacity for Improved Terms of… Read more »

Africa: Project Aiming to Improve Africa's Cities and Wellbeing of Its People Launched in Uganda

The Economic Commission for Africa on Friday launched a new project that aims to transform Africa's cities and improve the wellbeing of its citizens. Read more »

Africa: Cyber Security - Central African States Adopt Model Cross-Border Laws

An exacting endeavour of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) member states - supported by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Calls for New Policy Approaches to Support Agro-Alliance

Abdalla Hamdok, Acting ECA Executive Secretary, has called for new policy approaches to incentivize agricultural production in activities and sectors with higher returns, so that… Read more »

Africa: Ending Hunger and Enabling Food Security in Africa

Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 th  African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share… Read more »

Africa: Agricultural Transformation On Agenda of African Economic Conference

The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) kicked off in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday with a consensus on the need to scale up the continent's agricultural transformation to spur… Read more »

Africa: ECA and NEPAD Launch an Investors' Guide for Infrastructures in Africa

International experts, ambassadors, high officials and entrepreneurs gathered today in Dakar for the launch of "16 infrastructure projects for African integration". Read more »

Africa: ECA to Continue Supporting Member States With Trade Negotiations Skills

The inaugural Africa Trade Week ended Friday in Addis Ababa with the Economic Commission for Africa's Principal Economic Adviser, Joseph Atta-Mensah, urging the ECA and its… Read more »

North Africa: Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union Is Necessary to Strengthen Growth

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), held today in Rabat, Morocco the third meeting of the Sub Regional Coordination… Read more »

Africa: Intensify Production of Land Data and Statistics, Experts Urge African Governments

African governments should intensify the production of land data and statistics to aid their decision-making processes as the continent seeks to end poverty and inequality, an… Read more »

North Africa: Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union, Necessary to Strengthen Growth in Maghreb Region

The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held today in Rabat (Morocco) the third meeting of the Sub Regional Coordination… Read more »

Africa: Policy Debates On Structural Transformation Billed for Gabon and Congo

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organising a twin set of policy debates to begin mapping out pathways for structural transformation in Central Africa, notably in… Read more »

Africa: Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting for the Study On Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting in Africa - Reforms to Facilitate Improved Taxation of Multinational Corporations

On 14th December 2016, the Macroeconomic Policy Division hosted an Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting to review the study on "Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting in Africa: Reforms to… Read more »

Africa: Dakar to Host the 2017 Joint ECA-AU Annual Ministerial Conference

Preparations are underway for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to be held in Dakar,… Read more »