North Africa: Covid-19 - 35th Icsoe Meeting to Focus On Policies and Strategies for a Faster Economic Recovery in North Africa

The ECA office for North Africa will hold on Tuesday 17 November 2020, online, the thirty-fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE)… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Success in Mobilising Power of Its Youth Will Deliver AfCFTA Promise

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) provides a critical opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including youth-led enterprises engaged in… Read more »

Central Africa: A Rallying Call for Upskilling Towards Sustainable Growth in Central Africa

A two-day virtual meeting of the 36th Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICE) for Central Africa kicked off Wednesday with focus on strategies to enhance… Read more »

Southern Africa: African Trade Policy Centre, SADC Business Council Host Webinar On Women's Participation in AfCFTA

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC)-Women in Business, and… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Covid-19 - Congo Rolls Out Mobile Platform to Keep Citizens Safe and Informed

Congo's government has officially launched the Africa Communication and Information Platform for Health and Economic Action (ACIP), a continental tool that aims to harness… Read more »

North Africa: Covid-19 At Risk of Worsening Youth Unemployment in North Africa

Rabat, November 4th (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa held on Tuesday, November 3rd a webinar on "Best practices on job creation in North Africa". Read more »

North Africa: North Africa Requires Major Overhauls in Economic, Education Sectors to Navigate Post Covid-19 ICT Revolution

The ECA office for North Africa, the UNESCO Maghreb office and the Policy Center for the New South held on Wednesday, November 4th a webinar on "Innovation and New Technologies in… Read more »

West Africa: Meeting Between the Director of ECA in West Africa and the 3rd Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger - The Promotion of the Use of ICTs in the Ecowas Space At the Centre of Discussions

The 3rd Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger, the Honourable Ayouba Hassane Farmo, on behalf of the President of the institution, His Excellency Mr. Ousseini Tinni, had… Read more »

Africa: Eca Holds Meeting On Studies Into the Development Agendas in Africa's Sub-Regions

Addis Ababa, October 27, 2020, (ECA) - The UN Secretary General and the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson have committed to working together to implement the development… Read more »

North Africa: Innovation and New Technologies in North Africa in the Context of Covid-19

Rabat, November 3rd (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa, the UNESCO office for the Maghreb region and the Policy Center for the New South will hold on November 4th, 2020 from… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches New Report On Extractive Sector Governance

Sudan's Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Friday launched a new publication that proposes actions that… Read more »

North Africa: Webinar - Best Practices in Job Creation in North Africa

- The ECA office for North Africa, will hold on Tuesday 3 November 2020 a webinar on "Best Practices in Job Creation in North Africa". Read more »

Africa: Africa's First Sovereign Credit Rating Review Report Launched

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday virtually launched the first African… Read more »

Africa: The Renewafrica Initiative Presented to EVP Timmermans

The EVP recognises renewAfrica and European Green Deal as aligned and welcomes the work done by the Initiative Read more »

Southern Africa: The 26th Icsoe Meeting of Southern Africa Elects a New Bureau With Calls for Medium-Term Fiscal Consolidation

The 26th Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) of Southern Africa elected Lesotho as Chair, Malawi as Vice-Chair and South Africa as… Read more »

East Africa: Bioeconomy Offers the Opportunity to Create Many Jobs in East Africa

Many policymakers and businesses have been calling a green recovery and a "Build Back Better" strategy in the post-covid-19 era to limit the impact of future pandemics and crises… Read more »

Africa: ECA Sro-SA to Convene a Virtual Two Days Meeting of the Icsoe

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Office for Southern Africa will organize the 26th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for… Read more »

Africa: A High-Level Panel to Promote the Implementation of the AfCFTA in Niger

On the initiative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), in partnership with the Ministry of Trade… Read more »

Africa: Three-Day ECA-Wide Third Quarterly Review Kicks Off With a Focus On Joint-Programming for Results

The ECA's Third Quarter (Q3) Accountability and Programme Performance Review (APPR) Meeting opened Monday, led by the Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe. The theme for this edition… Read more »

Africa: Step Up Action to Achieve Covid-19 Ceasefire, Guterres Says in UN Day Message

The UN's 75th anniversary this Saturday, which falls as countries continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, is an opportunity to accelerate action to achieve a global ceasefire… Read more »

Central Africa: Time for Integrated Regional Value Chains in Central Africa

"The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will offer an opportunity to sell to over 1.2 billion persons with a collective GDP of US$ 2.5 trillion, but what can Central… Read more »

Africa: Burkina Faso's AfCFTA National Strategy Implementation Meeting Holds Next Week

Government officials and experts in Burkina Faso are meeting next weekto develop the country's strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement… Read more »

Africa: AfCFTA Will Address Africa's Investment Challenges, Says ECA's Karingi At Aim2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a game changer for investment on the continent which in recent years has seen foreign direct investment continuing to weaken,… Read more »

Africa: Current, Reliable and Trusted Data Critical for Africa's Growth and Development, Says ECA's Chinganya

The virtual United Nations World Data Forum ended Wednesday with the Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Director for the Africa Statistics Centre, Oliver Chinganya, stressing… Read more »

North Africa: Webinar - Implementing Agenda 2030 and 2063 in North Africa

Rabat, 22 October (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa office for North Africa, will hold on Monday 26 October 2020 a webinar to present the North African regional report on… Read more »