September 20, 2016
North Africa: Human Exclusion - Infant Mortality and Youth Unemployment Among Top Exclusion Factors in North Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa launched today the first African Social Development Index report on North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia). The… Read more »
Africa: ECA to Host Fourth Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting On Sustainable Development Goals
The Economic Commission for Africa will next month host the fourth Inter-Agency and expert group meeting on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs). Read more »
September 17, 2016
Africa: Giving Wings to Africa's Regional Integration
As the world gets used to new forms of interconnectedness, Africa is not left aside. Today, more than 700 million Africans are subscribed to mobile services with many wealthy… Read more »
September 16, 2016
Africa: Social Development - ECA's African Index to Be Presented in Tunis
Social Development: ECA's African Index to be presented in Tunis Read more »
September 10, 2016
Africa: 10th African Development Forum to Go Beyond Sensational Debate on Migration – says ECA's Hamdok
Africa's foremost thinkers on migration will convene in Addis Ababa for the Tenth African Development Forum (ADF) in Addis Ababa Ethiopia from 15-17 November on the theme,… Read more »
September 08, 2016
Africa: Wide Partnership On the Statistical Board
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), took part in the activities marking the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of… Read more »
Burkina Faso: ECA Chief Mourns Burkina Faso Ambassador's Sudden Death
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, on Thursday mourned the sudden death of Ambassador Amidou Toure, Burkina Faso's Ambassador to the… Read more »
September 07, 2016
West Africa: Promote Growth Poles in West Africa
A multifaceted and fact-finding mission of technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and senior officials from Niger are staying in Burkina Faso from… Read more »
Africa: Idep Builds Capacity of 25 African Policymakers in Social Policy Design
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) continues in its quest to empower African policymakers with the institute in August hosting 25 officials from 11… Read more »
September 05, 2016
Africa: ECA Hands Over Ethiopian Tourism Master Plan
ECA's deputy executive secretary, Giovanie Biha, handed over Ethiopia's Tourism Master Plan to the country's minister of tourism and culture, Mrs. Aisha Mohammed Mussa. Read more »
Africa: African Ambassadors Meet in Preparation for COP22
The African Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa held today in Rabat, in partnership with the COP22 Steering Committee, an information session for African… Read more »
September 02, 2016
Africa: Africa Is Not Risky for Infrastructure Investment, Says ECA's Lopes
Stressing that Africa is not risky for investment in transboundary infrastructure, ECA's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes, said on Monday in New York that the quest for regional… Read more »
August 29, 2016
Africa: ECA Launches Monthly Continental Statistics Bulletin "Africa Statistics Flash"
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched its newest product, the Africa Statistics Flash, which captures macro-economic and social data on the continent, giving member… Read more »
August 14, 2016
Africa: Book Review of: "Innovation Africa - Emerging Hubs of Excellence"
At a time when Africa has bold aspirations, through Agenda 2063, to confront large scale challenges like the ascendant demographic curve, green industrialization and domestic… Read more »
August 13, 2016
Africa: Malawi Aligns Its Mining Policy to the Africa Mining Vision
The Malawi Government through Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining with the support of African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) hosted a three-day stakeholder… Read more »
August 12, 2016
Africa: Government Officials Learn About Mineral Policy and Contract Negotiations At IDEP Workshop
In its efforts to support African countries to build their human resource capacities and promote socio-economic development, the African Institute for Economic Development and… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Engages With Key Stakeholders On New Minerals Policy
Freetown - The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) as requested by the Government of Sierra Leone hosted a three-day Africa Mining Vision (AMV) workshop to improve the… Read more »
August 10, 2016
Africa: ECA and UNITAR Offer Free e-Learning Course on Industrialization through Trade
Africa’s social development indicators reveal a paradox: high unemployment and poverty coexisting with robust growth. Industrialization and trade are two key instruments… Read more »
August 09, 2016
Africa: ECA Launches Monthly Continental 'Statistics Flash'
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched its newest product, the Africa Statistical Flash, which captures macro-economic and social data on the continent, giving… Read more »
Africa: IDEP Offers Courses for the Benefit of African Government Officials in 2016
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) organized a first round of seven short courses for mid-career and senior level African policymakers during the… Read more »
August 04, 2016
East Africa: Debt in Eastern Africa Is Rising Rapidly, but Remains Manageable
In Eastern Africa, debt stocks have risen rapidly over the past five years, but debt ratios appear to remain manageable, according to the UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa 2016… Read more »
Africa: Learning the Subtleties of Influence
For Tshepelayi Kabata, the outgoing Mo Ibrahim Foundation Fellow at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), there was no greater year than 2015 to be involved in development… Read more »
August 02, 2016
Ghana: Hunger Costs Ghana Ghc4.6 Billion per Year
The economy of Ghana loses some GHC4.6 billion annually (equivalent of US$2.6 billion in 2012) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a study released in Accra… Read more »
August 01, 2016
Africa: Addis Ababa to Host the 10th African Development Forum
Preparations are underway for the Tenth African Development Forum (ADF) to be convened by the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union and the African Development Bank. Read more »
July 28, 2016
Africa: Universities to Develop Curricula in Response to Africa's Land Governance Challenges
Senior leadership drawn from sixteen African universities and institutions of higher learning endorsed key recommendations to review land governance curricula, with a view to… Read more »
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