The 5th African World Business Congress (AWBC) is a forum where experts brainstorm on topical issues with the view to coming up with useful recommendations for practical actions. It also provides a platform for doing ...

Twenty November is Africa Industrialization Day. It 'is the day when Africa celebrates its achievements in the field of industry, and commits itself to industrialization as part of its development goals. The theme of this ...

Since it first launched in 2000, the Economic Report on Africa is one ECA’s flagship publications, focusing each year on different areas where Africa shows room for improvement. The 2013 report, entitled “Making the Most ...

A high-level round-table on building private equity and private capital markets in Africa to explore the promise and obstacles facing private capital investments in Africa. The round-table of investors and policy makers ...

Capital flight represents a direct loss of domestic capital and highlights the effects of the country’s policy distortions on investment and the factors that fuel it, such as real exchange rate overvaluation has to be ...

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 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 ...

This year’s Economic Report on Africa identifies inclusive growth and job creation as major challenges for the continent due to its perennial dependence on the exportation of raw materials. Focusing on the theme “Making ...