Tag: Economic Commission for Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is helping prepare African countries in readiness for the global UN climate change summit (COP26). The UN will hold the summit in Glasgow, UK, ...

Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, a senior researcher at the ODI has revealed that the continent can achieve a greener AfCFTA. According to him, this is possible if governments on the continent adopt ...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Wednesday urged African countries to adopt policy measures that encourage green investments. This will help increase productivity to facilitate a durable recovery from ...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to support the government of Botswana to develop its AfCFTA national implementation strategy.  President Mokgweetsi Masisi disclosed this in an address to the ...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will hold its fifty-third session from 17th to 23rd March 2021. The aim is to deliberate on sustainable industrialization amidst COVID-19 in Africa. The ...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has warned that a total of 514 million people in Africa are at risk of falling into extreme poverty if the impact of the ...

Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said that Africa could expand its economy by a staggering $1.5 trillion, by capturing just ...

The latest Price Watch report by the Price Watch Centre for Africa, which focused on ‘Price Evolution in the Construction Sector’ found the construction sector as a key driver of ...

South Africa’s Minister of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, has called for women’s voices to be heard in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade ...

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has stated that digitization is very critical for all countries to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In an inspiring keynote address delivered during the Economic ...