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: 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: 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 »

Morocco: Morocco Calls for African Solidarity and Progress

ADF's host government urges a new development approach for a new, emerging Africa Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Looks to African Investors

Africa's pension funds hold billions of dollars which could be invested for job creation and economic development. Read more »

Africa: Lopes: Africa Needs a New Aid Paradigm

The Executive Secretary of UNECA says that African governments need to find common negotiating positions ahead of a critical year for development assistance. Read more »

Africa: Presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Prime Ministers of Cape Verde, and Morocco Attend the Ninth African Development Forum

Raising private equity, illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new partnerships and climate financing in Africa at the top of the agenda at this year's flagship… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Prime Ministers of Cape Verde, and Morocco attend the Ninth African Development Forum

Raising private equity, illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new partnerships and climate financing in Africa at the top of the agenda at this year's flagship… Read more »

Africa: Ninth African Development Forum (ADF IX) Statement by Carlos Lopes, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA

Excellency, Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane, representing our host country, the Kingdom of Morocco, Read more »

Africa: Small Nations should Unite for a Climate Revolution

No nation is immune to the impact of climate change but it is the world's poorest that will be hit the hardest. A fair and inclusive global agreement to combat climate change is a… Read more »

Africa: Africa Welcomes Low Carbon Financing Coalition

Governments, global business communities, finance institutions, and civil society organizations have formed a coalition that will see them mobilize approximately $200 billion for… Read more »

Africa: ECA Boss Carlos Lopes Receives the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize

Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) by the Millennium Excellence Foundation… Read more »

Africa: ECA Welcomes the Rebasing of the Kenyan Economy

In the wake of the recent rebasing of estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) by Ghana and Nigeria, Kenya is now the latest African country to rebase its national accounts data. Read more »

Africa: With Smart Agriculture, Africa Can Feed Africa

The Fourth annual Conference on Cli-mate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) opened here in Marrakech, Morocco yesterday with a strong focus on how the continent can feed… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Ready for Green Climate Fund

Africa is fully prepared to receive funds to finance projects aimed at increasing climate resilience capacity on the conti-nent, an official from the Economic Commis-sion for… Read more »

Africa: ECA and Codesria Sign Collaboration Agreement

Addis Ababa/Dakar 08 October 2014 Read more »

Africa: Inauguration of New Office Facility in Addis Ababa Signifies a More Innovative UN

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Economic Commission for Africa's Carlos Lopes have hailed the opening of a new office in the ECA compound in Addis Ababa as a… Read more »

East Africa: United Nations and the World Bank Horn of Africa Initiative Set to Boost Economic Efforts in East Africa

The United Nations and the World Bank are joining forces with regional financial institutions African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB)… Read more »

Africa: Marrakech Consensus Calls for Greater Partnership Between the Private and Public Sector to Accelerate Africa's Transformation

: Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened… Read more »

Africa: High Level Delegations Expected in Marrakech for the African Development Forum

This year, the Forum is to focus on illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new forms of partnerships and climate financing Read more »

Africa: Towards a Research Roadmap On Climate Change in Africa

A group of African climate research and impact communities began meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, today to agree a research collaboration platform on climate science in Africa that… 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: 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 be as… Read more »

Africa: Eca Launches Innovative Tool to Boost Assessment of Inclusive Development in Africa

African nations will be able to better assess the impact of social policies on human exclusion - following the launch of an innovative tool, the African Social Development Index… 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. Read more »