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Governments urged to direct resources in manufacturing to create jobs and reduce poverty
(2014-03)
African countries need to channel their resources to activities in industry, manufacturing and modern services in order to create more employment and improve the welfare of vulnerable groups, Deputy Executive Secretary of ...
Africa must generate resources from within its economies
(2014-10)
The ECA’s Ninth African development Forum, the resources required for Africa’s sustainable development will not come from aid. Africa must look within, generating financial resources from its own economies. Experts looked ...
Experts urge Africa to put more resources in science, technology and innovation
(2016-11)
The third Senior Experts Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation and the African Transformation Agenda (SED 2016) ended in Pretoria with experts agreeing African governments need to do more to support innovation, ...
Opening statement of Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission on the occasion of the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers responsible for mineral resources development
(2013-12)
This opening statement delivered by Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade and Industry of The African Union Commission on the occasion of The 3rd Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for ...
Marine mineral resources to benefit all including landlocked states
(2017-05)
Seabed mining experts from all over the world convened from 2 to 4 May 2017 in the capital of the landlocked state of Uganda to discuss opportunities and explore the potentials of marine mineral resources in contributing ...
Africa loses from poor management of natural resources,says Lopes
(2012-10)
UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has come out strong against the immense losses Africa incurs yearly through lack of adequate strategy and focus on the management ...
UN agencies discuss mobilizing resources to assist African Union and NEPAD programme
(2012-07)
In a presentation on resource mobilization, Mr. Anthony Nwanze said that while UN clusters had developed useful business plans to support the African Union, those plans could not be used mainly due to challenges with ...
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 ...
APRM to help transform the management of mineral resources in Africa
(2012-02)
The extractive industry is a dominant sector in many African economies and accounts for a significant share of its exports, yet it has not spurred broad-based development and economic structural transformation on the ...
Mobilizing resources to accelerate growth and reduce poverty African forum on financing for development strives to propose the way forward
(2011-05)
A three-day African Forum on Financing for Development will be held at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18 to 20 May 2011. The participants will convene under the theme “Mobilizing Resources ...