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African media urged to push for "zero tolerance to corruption"
(2012-12)
Media practitioners and owners can foster accountability and transparency in the public spheres, expose all forms of corruption and encourage best practices that address the governance challenges of Africa said Mr Said ...
Africa's transformation requires visionary leadership Lopes
(2014-04)
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has called for a ‘revisit of the global perception of Africa,’ which continues to be one of a continent plagued by crises and a place where ...
ECA opens Africa Pavilion side-events, garners support for negotiators' research strategy
(2011-11)
The UN Economic Commission for Africa on Monday launched a series of 12 site-events of the Africa Pavilion with a discussion on the research support strategy for the African Group of Negotiators. A panel of five, led by ...
Janneh among first recipients of the African Statistics Award 21
(2008-01)
United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, was among the first recipients of StatCom Africa's African Statistics Award, in recognition of his ...
Nnadozie assesses progress on mobilising resources for Africa's development since Doha
(2011-05)
Africa has made substantial progress towards the implementation of the Monterrey commitments on financing for Development, but it is still way behind targets on its domestic resources mobilization capabilities, the Director ...
African Gender Ministers Commit to 'Renew' and 'Intensify' Efforts to Empower Women
(2009-11)
African ministers responsible for gender and women’s affairs renewed their commitment to fully implementing international, regional and sub regional agreements on women’s empowerment and gender equality. Ministers made ...
18 percent too low as share of investment in Africa's GDP
(2014-07)
African nations must diversify and increase the sources of their growth on both the supply and demand sides of the economy for such growth to be both sustainable and transformative to the continent’s people, harped an ECA ...
Janneh gets Africa's economic icon award, recognised for leadership in peace building
(2011-12)
The United Nations Under Secretary General and the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, has been honored with two distinctions in recognition of his extensive work on the ...
Structural transformation should underpin Africa's priorities - ECA Chief
(2015-09)
As the curtains close on the Millennium Development Goals, Mr. Carlos Lopes has stressed that the intense participation of Africa in defining the new sustainable development agenda paves the way for governments to make ...
Oceans: ECA introduces model to advance policy and economic planning in Africa
(2012-10)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Applied Development Research Solutions (ADRS) announced the launch of the Online Economic Analysis System (OCEANS), a web-based economics tool to help policymakers ...