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The first innovation prize for Africa to be awarded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2012-03)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the establishment of the African Innovation Prize worth USD 100,000 for the winner and USD 50,000 ...
ECA Workshop on Distributive Trade Statistics in the African Context
(2008-05)
The present press release focus on ECA workshop on distributive trade statistics in the African context which organised a Ministerial meeting on ICTs in education on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 at the Conference center in Accra, ...
ECA Eastern Africa office bills experts' meeting for April 27 in Victoria, Seychelles
(2009-04)
The UN ECA Sub regional Office for Eastern Africa (SRO-EA) will hold its 13th Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) meeting from 27 to 29 April 2009 in Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. The theme of the meeting will be ...
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) meetings
(1997-10)
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) will be the focus of two major meetings scheduled to take place at the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) next week. The first meeting, to run from 20-21 October, ...
ECA underscores science, technology and innovation policies in progress report to member states
(2011-05)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has presented a detailed report on its activities in the area of Science & Technology (S&T) during the ongoing Second Session of the Committee on Development, Information, Science ...
Creativity, science and a touch of ingenuity could spur economic growth
(2008-03)
The Science with Africa Conference, taking place at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is the place to be for scientists, policy makers and entrepreneurs, watching out for ideas and concepts that can ...
New ECA-Sponsored Initiative Offers African Scientists Training in U.S.
(2008-12)
The new initiative, African Science to Business Challenge will solicit proposals in the biomedical engineering and water quality fields from researchers who are interested in receiving additional training in the United ...
African development forum to focus on globalization and the information age
(1999-10)
Africa’s innovators converge on Addis Ababa to showcase how they are entering the global information age and using IT to ‘leapfrog’ some key development challenges .The Forum is being convened under the theme "The Challenge ...
Eastern African telecommunications ministers, experts and private sector reps to discuss internet development
(1997-10)
It is one of a series of sub-regional seminars planned under the UNDP's Internet Initiative for Africa (IIA), a multi-million dollars, three-year project aimed at establishing Internet services and enhancing those currently ...
8th Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE 2010): opens with the theme "Earth Observation for Africa's Development Agenda"
(2010-10)
The 8th African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment Conference opened at UN-ECA in Addis Ababa gathering distinguished geoscientists, educators, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and allied service ...