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ECA and Sudan agree to strengthen cooperation
(2018-05)
In a bilateral meeting held today on the margins of the 51 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa and the Republic of Sudan agreed to strengthen ...
IPCC AR6: Africa’s ability to adapt being pushed to its limit, creating urgency to reverse course
(2022-04)
The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the second part of its 6th Assessment Report, focusing on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. This timely report warns of multiple climate changeinduced ...
UN: “Great finance divide” amid COVID-19 poses major setback for sustainable development
(2022-04)
According to a new report launched by the United Nations, the crippling cost of debt financing for many developing
countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, ...
Zambia and DRC Sign cooperation agreement to manufacture electric batteries
(2022-04)
Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a historical cooperation agreement to facilitate the development of value chain in electric battery and clean energy sector. The Cooperation Agreement is expected ...
Opinion: there are none so blind as those who will not see
(2022-04)
IFFs are transfers of capital from a country where reprehensible practices committed by an unscrupulous economic agent (individual or company) have occurred, to another country or financial institution. Illicit is broader ...
AfCFTA could be the Marshall Plan for the African Economic Recovery
(2022-04)
The East African economies, already struggling to recover from a Covid-19 induced downturn, face another crisis as they manage the effects from the Ukrainian crisis. ECA estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic led to the ...
By 2035, AfCFTA Implementation Could Almost Double Tunisian Exports to the rest of Africa
(2022-04)
The Ministry of Trade and Export Development of the Republic of Tunisia organized on 15 April 2022 in Tunis a workshop to present stakeholders with its strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade ...
High-quality statistics key to measure national development goals in Africa
(2022-05)
High-quality statistics key to measure national development goals in Africa. High-quality statistics, the report says are required for evidence-based decision-making, and for monitoring and evaluating progress made towards ...
Improving access to finance for SMEs in North Africa for A better post-COVID-19 recovery
(2022-04)
How did COVID-19 affect North African enterprises? Can countries harness SMEs for a faster economic recovery? How could they do so, and build on such results to reduce youth unemployment?This event will be an opportunity ...
The dual equation of economic diversification and structural transformation in Sao Tome and Principe
(2022-04)
A panel discussion on the structural transformation and economic diversification of Sao Tome and Principe: benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and fiscal reforms will be organized in Yaoundé. ...