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Obama administration pushes forward on AGOA renewal
(2014-08)
Progress in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) made headlines at the US-Africa leaders Summit held this month in Washington DC. The Summit unveiled $14 billion in commercial deals as part of a campaign to improve ...
Cameroon's thumbs up for ECA's social and economic analyses on Africa
(2014-07)
The Economic Report on Africa 2014 was launched in Yaounde by the country’s Minister Delegate in the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development. The report calls for the adoption by African states of ...
The private sector to the rescue of regional integraton in North Africa
(2014-03)
Evidence shows that the actors in this sector feel increasingly concerned by economic, political and social issues related to the integration process, especially in the North African region who is witnessing currently ...
Africa's Private Sector can partner on development
(2014-06)
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes called on the private sector to adopt corporate social responsibility and advance the continent’s development. Speaking to private sector ...
Senegal to host summit on financing Africa's infrastructure
(2014-05)
President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a Summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar. The a highly anticipated event will aim to promote the participation of the private sector in the financing ...
Africa's growth prospects are bright, and developing countries are driving global growth, says UN report
(2014-01)
Global growth recovery is facing favourable prospects for 2014 and 2015, with developing countries backstopping previous growth slowdowns and emerging to drive global growth. This is a key message at the Addis Ababa launch ...
Stakeholders to meet on Post-2015 development agenda and the common African position
(2014-08)
African stakeholders, including academia, CSOs, government representatives, media, private sector and women and youth groups will meet later this week in Addis Ababa to deliberate and propose a concrete accountability ...
Morocco to host the 9th Africa development forum
(2014-08)
The Ninth African Development Forum [1] will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 12 to 16 October 2014 on the theme "Innovative financing for Africa's transformation”. The Forum is the United Nations Economic Commission ...
Marrakech consensus calls for greater partnership between the private and public sector to accelerate Africa's transformation
(2014-10)
The Forum focused on innovative finance and how to unlock capital to make it work for the transformation of the continent. Throughout the Forum, an emphasis was put on greater collaboration between the public and the private ...
Africa's private sector needs support
(2014-05)
Africa’s private sector needed active government support and called for the strengthening of the public-private sector. ECA welcomes the sharpened focus on public-private sector partnership as a basis for economic growth ...