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 ...

The African regional workshop on public-private partnership (PPP) which was held last month in Johannesburg at the joint initiative of ECA, MINTEK (a South African based mineral research organization) and the South African ...

The CFTA provides the African continent with an opportunity to increase trade flows among its member states, create decent jobs and lift its people out of poverty. The private sector is at the very heart of that effort. ...

Private Sector representatives met in Johannesburg at a forum to discuss experiences of doing business in the Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA). The Private Sector Forum was organized by the United Nations Economic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Financial integration is one of the structuring parameters of the projected Maghreb market, given the role it can play to boost and revitalize trade in goods and services, promote intra- North African investments, and ...