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ECA Chief calls for a rethink of financing strategies for the Continent's transformation agenda
(2014-05)
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, has stressed the need to scale up both domestic and private external financial resources for Africa’s structural transformation. At the opening of the ...
Africa braces to become global growth pole, agrees most solutions must come from within
(2012-03)
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development have said that their countries will seize the opportunity provided by developments in the global economy and turn the region into a pole for global growth, underlying ...
Country programmes called “frontline of action” for sustainable human development UNICEF efforts address core problems of stricken zones in eastern and southern Africa
(1994-04)
"Core problem of women and children " in eastern and southern Africa, area beset by drought, war, refugee flows and displace persons, were the focus of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) country programs. The board ...
Media workshop debates challenges of science communication in East Africa
(2012-09)
Journalists attending a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa, jointly organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the African Union ...
Nigeria to host level policy dialogue on science, technology & innovation and the African transformation agenda
(2014-02)
The UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Ministry of Communications Technology (FMCT), and Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) will ...
Africa ready for High Level Political Forum and SDG Summit
(2019-04)
The fifth session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD5) came to a close in the historic imperial city that gave Morocco its name, Marrakech. Also known as the “Red City” Marrakech, which has a ...
ECA official urges Africa to adopt single development framework
(2012-10)
A senior official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has urged governments and development planners in Africa to establish a single development framework on the continent to avoid duplication and waste of ...
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 ...
Africa lays bare its concerns about Rio outcomes
(2012-06)
African participants in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which opens here next week have been warned to stick together in Brazil or lose out on most of the sticking points of the negotiation. The warning ...
ECA stresses ICT investments in back-to-back landmark forums
(2015-09)
The African Union Commission (AUC) in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are hosting the fourth African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2015) this week from 6-8 September 2015, following ...