Equatorial Guinea new Chair of the Bureau of the ECA’s Conference of Finance Ministers

Abstract

Equatorial Guinea has been elected the new Chair of the Bureau of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The new Bureau is made up of Equatorial Guinea (Chair), Madagascar (First Vice-President), Zambia (Second Vice-President), Sierra Leone (Third Vice-President) and Morocco (Rapporteur). Speaking virtually from Malabo, the Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning of Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Valentin Ela Maye, congratulated members of the outgoing Bureau, which was chaired by Morocco, for the work they did with the Secretariat over the past two years, supporting the ECA’s advocacy efforts for African countries to have fiscal space to adequately respond to COVID-19.