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Sub-regional consultative meeting in Lusaka finalises the Southern Africa report on progress towards sustainable development
(2011-10)
The Southern Africa consultative meeting to review the Southern Africa Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development took place from 6 to 7 October in Lusaka, Zambia. The consultative meeting is part of the Africa ...
AU and ECA mark international anti-corruption day in Dakar, Senegal
(2011-12)
The African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC) and the Governance and Public Administration Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (GPAD-UNECA) jointly organized Commemoration events for International ...
Global geospatial data resources critical to planning in Africa geoinformation experts
(2011-05)
A workshop aimed at demonstrating how global data sets can be used in Africa was held on the margins of the ongoing Second Session of the Committee on Information, Science and Technology (CODIS). Themed, “Global geospatial ...
ECA and Spanish partner launch CREATIC4AFRICA to enhance creativity and technological innovation in African youth.
(2011-02)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Spanish-based Technology Centre for ICTs (CTIC), have launched the CREATIC 4AFRICA programme for 2011 to establish an innovation hub for Africas’s youth who ...
Experts from west Africa to review progress towards the attainment of MDGs in the ECOWAS subregion
(2011-02)
The Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of West Africa will be held by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub regional office for West Africa (SRO-WA) on 11-12 March, ...
Experts say development solutions get lost without coordination
(2011-07)
The Director of Economic Development and NEPAD Division (EDND) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Emmanuel Nnandozie, today called upon development experts who began a three-day meeting in Addis Ababa to ...
Investing in Africa is smart, UN official assured Norwegian investors ECA
(2011-09)
A senior UN official assured Norwegian investors at the weekend that their investments in Africa stand a better chance of paying higher returns than they would in any other part of the world, according to the Information ...
Research sheds light on how APRM can strengthen fight against HIV in Africa
(2011-07)
Results from a new study presented here today says the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) can help African countries meet various HIV/AIDS commitments made in the African Common Position on Universal Access, the Abuja ...
African economic conference calls on Africa to embrace green growth
(2011-10)
Africa should unleash its immense natural resource wealth to pursue sustainable economic growth and development, said the participants of the African Economic Conference as the event came to a close today. Africa has ...
Africa raises USD$30 billion for infrastructure each year, could do more ECA
(2011-05)
Africa’s contribution towards the development of its infrastructure is much higher than is generally thought to be, according to statistics coming out of the African Forum on Financing for Development which opened in Addis ...