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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 ...
NEPAD agency says $2 billion committed to great green wall
(2012-06)
The focal point of the TerraAfrica programme at the NEPAD Agency, Mr. Ousmane Djibo, said yesterday in Rio that about $2 billion had been set aside to support the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel and West Africa, ...
African journalists hone skills to get it right on climate change reporting
(2010-10)
The challenges posed by impacts of climate change to ordinary livelihoods in Africa are too acute to deserve the patchy coverage the African media give the phenomenon, some 40 African journalists concluded at the end of ...
African negotiators say progress is finally being made on Rio+ 20 outcome statement
(2012-06)
Less than a day to the arrival of world leaders who are expected to consider and endorse the Rio+20 outcome document, the African Group of Negotiators here says it is finally making crucial progress on some testy areas of ...
Mutual review of development effectiveness report launched with optimism in Africa's future developments: 2013 edition
(2013-11)
The 2013 Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa (MRDE) report was launched at the African Union Commission in the margins of the 14 th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) ...
Forthcoming ERA 2009 calls for big-push on agriculture
(2009-05)
The impact of the global financial crisis and economic recession has already resulted in lower demand for Africa’s export and a sharp decline in commodity prices. At the same time, a projected decline in capital inflows ...
Nigeria to host joint ministerial conference on industrialization for inclusive and transformative development in Africa
(2014-01)
The Seventh Joint AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held on 27 March to 1 April 2014, Abuja, Nigeria on the ...
Uruguay round revisited, African economic integration reviewed
(1995-02)
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) weighs in with much the same evidence. "In certain product categories, e.g. cocoa and coffee the erosion of preferences could be as high as 100%; minerals and ...
La gouvernance foncière en Afrique exige de l'engagement et une attention urgente
(2015-05)
La gouvernance foncière est une condition préalable à la réduction de la faim et de la pauvreté, et au développement durable, et elle requiert une attention urgente par les gouvernements africains afin d’améliorer les ...
Partners commend ECA's technical support on sustainable development in Africa
(2012-06)
African participants at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) have commended UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for improved understanding that the region now has on sustainable development ...