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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 ...
Conference of Ministers praised for tackling ‘real’ African issues
(2018-05)
The ECA Conference of Ministers was praised for discussing ‘real’ issues affecting the continent. At the heart of the debates was the AfCFTA. Its success would depend on a concerted and common approach to advance trade ...
Media Advisory - 2022 Africa day at the High-Level political forum on the Sustainable Development Goals
(2022-07)
Media Advisory - 2022 Africa Day at the High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals takes place by the Theme of “Scaling up innovative financing and leveraging partnerships for the Africa We Want.” ...
Data is critical to fostering inter-regional cooperation on migration, ECA tells an international forum
(2022-05)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Ms. Edlam Yemeru has told the first International Migration Review Forum that using high-quality data is critical to fostering inter-regional cooperation on the ...
ATPC organizes webinar for journalists on African Continental Free Trade Area
(2020-12)
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is planning a webinar for African journalists to enhance their coverage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA ...
Regional integration to transform Africa’s fragmented economies
(2022-05)
African countries should therefore harness opportunities embedded in integration initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to foster post-Covid19 economic recovery and transformation. Mr Karingi ...
How ECA helped drive an economic diversification agenda in Central Africa in 2020
(2020-12)
The 2020 vision of the Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), for a subregion resolutely driven towards economic diversification and transformation, was largely achieved. This, through ...
Rwanda prepares for the start of trading under the AfCFTA
(2020-12)
A consultative meeting to discuss Rwanda’s strategy of the African Continental Free Trade Area, (AfCFTA) opened with a sense of enthusiasm, as representatives of the private sector, civil society and government met to ...
Mauritian Prime Minister calls on African nations to enhance economic cooperation
(2018-09)
Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Thursday said there was need for enhanced economic cooperation amongst African nations as the continent strives for inclusive and sustainable development. Mr. Jugnauth ...