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Rabat, 22 January 2024 (ECA) – The ECA office for North Africa launched on 16-19 January 2024 in Rabat (Morocco) a workshop on “Developing Regional Value Chains in E-Mobility for Zambia, Morocco, and the DRC.”This event was organised as part of an ECA project aimed at fostering the emergence of African electric mobility value chains by helping policy makers from the three

Nairobi, 22 January 2024 (ECA) - Africa renews its call to action as experts and government representatives gather to discuss the use of national and regional strategies for effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).The conference, titled “AfCFTA Implementation Strategies: Towards an Implementation Peer Learning Community,” took place

Dakar, 17 January 2024 (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad initiated a workshop on the contribution of migration to development in Africa in Dakar (Senegal) on Wednesday 17 January 2024.About fifty representatives from various ministries and government institutions involved in migration management in Senegal took

Nairobi, Kenya, 15 January 2024 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, through its African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), and in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organized the first conference on AfCFTA implementation strategies, titled: AfCFTA Implementation

Addis Ababa, 18 December 2023 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has concluded its annual and fourth quarter (Q4) Accountability and Programme Performance Review Meeting (APPRM) and preparation of the 2024 Annual Business Plan under the theme: Reflecting on 2023 achievements and lessons learned and planning for impactful delivery of the 2030 Agenda for

Addis Ababa, 18 December 2023 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has concluded its annual and fourth quarter (Q4) Accountability and Programme Performance Review Meeting (APPRM) and preparation of the 2024 Annual Business Plan under the theme: Reflecting on 2023 achievements and lessons learned and planning for impactful delivery of the 2030 Agenda for

Harare, Zimbabwe, 15 December 2023 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, and Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube today in Harare signed the 2024 Conference of Ministers (COM) Host Country Agreement. Zimbabwe is set to host the 56th Session of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Addis Ababa, 13 December 2023 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, has said Africa needs support in developing its road safety management to curb the high rate of road crashes which are a blight on the continent’s development.The World Health Organisation estimates the road traffic fatality rate on the continent to be 26.6 deaths per

Gaborone, 12 December 2023 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Bank of Botswana and Frontclear have launched a Money Market Diagnostic Framework (MMDF) to boost the country’s financial system.The MMDF provides critical insights for the holistic development of the money and interbank market, while identifying impediments and

Addis Ababa, 12 December 2023 (ECA) - African countries need to effectively manage their resources to drive domestic revenue mobilization for sustainable development, a regional meeting on tax expenditure governance in Africa, heard.Opening a one-day workshop on issues of tax expenditure governance in Africa, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Director for the Macroeconomics