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East, Southern Africa vow frontline role in setting the post-2015 development agenda
(2012-10)
A workshop by official development planners and private sector representatives from East and Southern Africa has urged regional governments to team up with the rest of Africa and take a frontline role in setting the post-2015 ...
Farewell seminar underscores Janneh's legacy in response to Africa's priorities
(2012-08)
A seminar on the theme: Africa in a Changing Global Economy, was held in honor of outgoing Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh. ...
Experts urge caution on African public-private partnerships that are not "People-centered"
(2012)
Experts examining the role of the private sector and the civil society in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) today ended a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa and called on African ...
Africa braces to become global growth pole, agrees most solutions must come from within
(2012-03)
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development have said that their countries will seize the opportunity provided by developments in the global economy and turn the region into a pole for global growth, underlying ...
Experts confident that Africa can claim the 21st Century
(2012-03)
African Economic Policy experts opened their annual meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today with the firm belief that the continent can become a pole for global growth and thereby claim the 21st century. United Nations ...
Janneh urges the private sector to move Africa's development agenda forward
(2012-05)
UN Under-secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh called on the private sector “to make its expected contribution to the transformation of Africa and invest ...
ECA spearheads East, Southern Africa consultation on post-2015 development agenda
(2012-10)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), today called on African governments and other stakeholders in the Continent’s development to participate fully in the current debate on the post-2015 development ...
Janneh gets first NEPAD most valued partner award
(2012-03)
The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency today in Addis Ababa acknowledged the pan-African spirit and unrivalled support of the Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, awarding ...
Prime minister Zenawi opens ministerial session on Africa's global growth pole agenda
(2012-03)
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi opened the fifth Joint Annual Meeting of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic ...
African countries urged to join efforts in shaping the post-2015 development agenda
(2012-11)
The 13th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism kicked off in Addis Ababa with a strong call to clearly identify Africa’s priorities for the post-2015 development agenda and ensure that the continent’s perspectives ...