Africa: Policy Makers Speak Out On Africa's Land Blueprint

Experts attending the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa concurred that the African Union-led Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa should… Read more »

Africa: African Minerals Development Centre Signs Collaboration Agreement With Australian Institution

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday held a ceremony to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian Institution of Mining for… Read more »

Africa: Will the IGAD hospitality plan overcome regional reluctance to capitalise on global tourism?

Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are in the process of formulating their own broad tourism plans in an effort to implement the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development's Sustainable… Read more »

Cameroon: ECA Encourages Youth Entrepreneurship in Cameroon

A total of ten young entrepreneurs in Cameroon are going into business this week thanks to collateral-free loans they won at the end of an entrepreneurship event that received the… Read more »

Africa: Expert Group Meeting On Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa's Regional Integration and Trade Division, has undertaken a field study on Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape in… Read more »

Africa: Africa Takes First Important Step in Tackling Large Scale Land-Based Investments

Continental efforts to adopt land policies that leverage on land as a strategic resource for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of… Read more »

Africa: Investing in People-Centered Innovation and Technology Essential to Africa's Development

Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants… Read more »

Africa: Investing in People-centered Innovation and Technology Essential to Africa's Development

Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants… Read more »

Africa: Parliamentarians Stress Better Governance of Large Scale Land Based Investments

African Parliamentarians from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), regional legislative Assemblies, and National Assemblies play a critical role in the development, implementation,… Read more »

Africa: Solid and Adequate Land Policies, If Implemented, Could Catalyze Africa's Transformation

The inaugural conference on land policy in Africa opened Tuesday evening at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia with a strong call for a robust deepening of land governance… Read more »

Africa: Experts Commend the ECA for Progress in African Road Safety Action Plan

African Road Safety experts gathered in Addis Ababa from 12 to 13 November 2014 in a workshop to discuss progress in the implementation of the African Road Safety Action Plan… Read more »

Central Africa: Experts to Deliberate On Improving the Business Climate in Central Africa

From 1- 2 December 2014, Cameroon's economic capital, Douala, will host an ad hoc expert group meeting on "improving the business climate in Central Africa". Organised by the… Read more »

Africa: Boosting Crisis Response and Financing Key Forafrica's Continued Progress

Tackling vulnerabilities should be at the center of continent's development efforts Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Carlos Lopes Proposes Blueprint for Guinea Bissau Development and Economic Transformation

Guinea Bissau should take advantage of the stability and unanimity of its post-electoral period, which can now be translated into economic opportunities and possibilities, said… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference to Award Outstanding Scholarship

The ninth edition of the annual African Economic Conference (AEC) will be held from 1-3 November on the theme, "Knowledge and Innovation for Africa's Transformation" at the United… Read more »

Africa: Press Conference With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

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Africa: Africa's Current Wave of Industrialization Calls for New Approach

Lusaka, Zambia: 21 October -The current wave of industrialization taking place across the African continent will need a different approach from that of the last century. The focus… Read more »

Africa: ECA and UN Women to Host Civil Society Forum On Beijing +20 Progress

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN Women) will organize a civil society forum to review and appraise the… Read more »

Africa: Africa must Generate Resources from Within its Economies

Africa is growing at a steady rate and is on the path to sustainable long-term growth, opening up a number of investment opportunities. In fact, one-third of Africa's countries… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity and the Growth of Pension Funds Provide a Massive Opportunity to Finance Investment

Africa may be flavour of the month but in relative terms still attracts a small percentage of Private Equity and international investment capital. In a plenary at the Africa… Read more »

Africa: Tracking Africa's Stolen Billions

Illicit financial flows are a major drain on Africa’s resources for development. International coordination is needed to slow the flow of stolen assets. Read more »

Cape Verde: Duarte: Focus on Institutions for Development

Governance and institutional reform are central to Africa’s solutions to asset flight and inequality, says Cabo Verde’s finance minister. Read more »

Africa: Africa will be Trading Predominantly with Partners form the South by 2020

Prior the economic crisis, Africa’s share of trade with other emerging markets was a mere 30%. Today that has gone up to nearer 50%, and by 2020, on current trends that could… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Looks to PPPs for Development

Public-private partnerships are a pillar of the West African country's resurgence, says President Alassane Ouattara. Read more »

Africa: Innovative Financing a Must for Africa

A mythical figure of African history, the Moroccan Ibn Battuta, considered one of the greatest travelers of all times, arrived in Somalia in 1331. He was surprised with Mogadishu's… Read more »