Africa: Improve Coordination, Partnership in Geospatial Information Management, Conference Concludes

As the curtain falls on the 4th High Level Forum on UN Global Geospatial Information Management, geo-spatial experts, interested parties and governments declare the necessity of… Read more »

Africa: Bold Leadership and Strong Policies Needed to Support Africa's Industrialization Says Lopes

Industrialization in Africa is not only possible but desirable, Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary, Mr. Carlos Lopes, said Friday. Read more »

Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology, Regional Integration Report Advises

To foster an inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal to which they should aspire. Read more »

Africa: Focus On Human Capital and Improve Science and Technology

The report, Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII: Innovation, Competitiveness and Regional Integration (ARIA VII) launched on Saturday during the African Development Week… Read more »

Africa: New Types of Bilateral Investment Agreements Offer Africa a Chance for Meaningful Investments

To attract investments, African countries have signed numerous Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Double Taxation Treaties (DTT) in the hope of improving their economies. Read more »

Africa: Rethinking How We Measure Corruption

Since the 1990s, perception-based measures have been influential in determining levels of corruption on the continent. The fourth Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African… Read more »

Africa: Recommendations Derived At ASM Workshop to Drive the Sector Forward

The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) concluded a two-day expert group meeting and validation workshop on an artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) study conducted by AMDC… Read more »

Africa: Migration in Africa - Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

On the sidelines of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa organized on 2 April 2016, a side event… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches Africa Governance Report IV On Measuring Corruption in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa has today launched its fourth Africa Governance Report (AGR IV) titled, "Measuring Corruption in Africa: the international dimension matters." Read more »

Africa: Network of Excellence On Land Governance in Africa - First Call for Scholarships

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the Government of Germany officially launched yesterday the Scholarship Programme for the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa… Read more »

Africa: All Migration Trends Are Not Troublesome

With the current polemical debate and concerns around migration policies globally, when do the migrants become valuable assets? This was the question at the heart of the experts'… Read more »

Africa: Launch the Seventh Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the seventh edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIAVII) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: Working Towards the Establishment of a Pan-African Mineral Geological Information and Knowledge Base

More than 60 geological experts converge to discuss the building of a continental-wide mineral geological information and knowledge base. Read more »

Africa: Register Now - African Development Week

The African Development Week is just a few days away. To participate in riveting discussions concerning Africa's future and growth, among other issues, including witnessing the… Read more »

Africa: Harmonizing Governance Frameworks in the Extractives

On 21 and 22 March 2016, the African Union (AU), through the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) and in partnership the African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations… Read more »

Africa: Regional Integration and Monetary Unions in Africa

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view… Read more »

Africa: ECA Chief Formalizes Partnership With China to Promote Africa's Transformation

The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »

Africa: Chinese Government Partners With ECA As Key Player in Fostering Understanding Between China and Africa

The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Kuang Weilin, will henceforth serve as China's Permanent Representative to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »

Africa: All Set for Launch of the 2016 Economic Report for Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will next month launch its 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) focusing on growth and industrialization on the continent,… Read more »

Africa: Communications Workshop on Mining and Development

UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Afr : Communications Workshop on Mining and Development Read more »

Africa: ECA to Launch Africa Governance Report Iv On Measuring Corruption in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa will launch the fourth edition of the Africa Governance Report (AGR IV) on April 2, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Turn the Current Energy Challenge Into an Opportunity

Speaking at the official opening of the Ad hoc Group Meeting (AEGM) on the Energy Crisis in Southern Africa: Perspectives for the future, Southern Africa Regional Director, Said… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Biha Calls for Aviation-Tourism Convergence in Africa

A two-day meeting looking into the aviation and tourism industries in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with the Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary Ms.… Read more »

Madagascar: Civil Registration - Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Malagasy President Commends Eca Leadership

ECA). Under the leadership of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a delegation from the Regional Group of Support for the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil… Read more »

Africa: Getting the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Underway

Negotiators Adopt Procedural Rules for the Trade Negotiating Forum Read more »