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Youth forum to address Africa's transformational agenda as AU marks golden jubilee
(2013-05)
The month of May will be marked by celebrations to mark 50 years since the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, now the African Union, around the theme: “Pan Africanism and African Renaissance.” To mark the ...
COP 18 opens in Doha, ECA gears up to support Africa's participation
(2012-11)
The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) and the eighth meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 8) opened at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). The United Nations-sponsored conference ...
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 ...
Illicit financial flows from Africa
(2013-05)
The High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) has concluded a three-day consultation with a wide range of stakeholders in Nigeria, aimed at a better understanding of the damaging effects of illicit financial flows ...
L'Afrique australe arrive avec une feuille de route sur l'état développemental
(2015-07)
Une conférence régionale sur le Renforcement des Etats Démocratiques Développement aux pour la Transformation Economique en Afrique australe s’est terminée mercredi la semaine dernière à Pretoria, Afrique du Sud, avec des ...
President Alpha Condé praises the efforts of the ECA in Guinea
(2015-11)
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes, undertook an official visit to the Republic of Guinea on November 22-23, at the invitation of its Head of State, His ...
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 ...
10 year review meeting almaty programme of action to take place in Addis Ababa
(2013-06)
Long delays in inland transport, customs and port handling procedures are common in developing countries across the world, especially those that are landlocked. In Africa, it takes over 30 days to export or import, (with ...
Experts from Central Africa to address the Region's energy challenges
(2012-02)
At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Congo, the Sub Regional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-CA) is organizing a meeting of experts to address the ...
Mauritius: Sea, Sand, Sun and why it must diversify its tourism ECA
(2012-02)
The Island of Mauritius is synonymous to leisure. Renowned for its beaches and bluest of waters, Mauritius is a destination for merry makers with 92 percent of its visitors coming purely to enjoy its sea, sun and sand in ...