As the world was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, rich nations faced no financial difficulties in securing millions of vaccine doses to protect its citizens. In the scramble for vaccines, African nations risked being left behind. Then came the unprecedented initiative by South Africa’s President and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, Cyril Ramaphosa who announced on 5th Aug 2021, the rollout of 400 million vaccine doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean by the AU / African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). . .
Welcome to the ECA Knowledge Repository
In its 50 years of existence, UNECA has created and holds a vast quantity of information and Knowledge in a variety of formats, including printed and electronic. These represent the corporate memory, providing historical evidence of its actions and decisions. The information resources include published materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches and other grey literature, all which outline important research or decisions that have been made on the economic and social developmental aspects.
The Knowledge Repository of the Economic Commission for Africa offers unique knowledge and information not available elsewhere pertaining to regional programmes, decisions and resolutions promoting social and economic development in Africa
