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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 29 November 2023 (ECA) - The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), African member states and other regional partner will mark the African Day on 2 December 2023 at COP28 in DubaiThe event will be held at Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone in Dubai,

Language English Kaduna State, Nigeria, 21 November 2023 (ECA) - The majority of people without any form of ID live in Africa and represent 470 million of the continent's population.These people lack access to vital services including healthcare, social protection, education,and finance. Closing the global identity gap requires a coordinated effort and proven interventions aimed at accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 16.9-legal identity for all, including birth...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 2023 (ECA) – ECA’s African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), and the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA) co-organized the a workshop on “the Ethiopian Leather Industry and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Opportunities and Challenges” in Addis Ababa,

At a time of unprecedented political and economic upheaval set in motion by the First World War and its aftermath, Edward Joseph Phelan and Seán Ernest Lester became leading figures in the two major international organizations born out of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 — for Phelan, the International Labour Organization (ILO); for Lester, the League of Nations. They grappled with the consequences of war, the failures of peace-making, the disintegration of empires, and the rise of nation...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 2023 (ECA) – ECA’s African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), and the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA) co-organized the first workshop on “the Ethiopian Leather Industry and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Opportunities and Challenges” at the Hilton

Mogadishu, 23 November 2023 - The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Somalia, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), convened a validation meeting of its African Continental Free Trade Area national implementation strategy on 15 November 2023 in Mogadishu.The purpose of the meeting was to solicit feedback and inputs from various stakeholders on the

Addis Ababa, 20 November 2023 (ECA) - Business and economics journalists from various media houses across Africa participated in a master class on land rights and governance in Africa ahead of the fifth edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) underway from 21-24 November 2023 in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe training was organized by The African Land Policy Center

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18 November 2023 - With skills development and supportive policies that avail entrepreneurship opportunities, Africa’s ‘youth dividend’ can give a good return on investment by driving economic transformation and sustainable industrialization on the continent.This was the clear call to governments by Africa’s youth, participating in a side event at the

Addis Ababa, 18 November 2023 (ECA) - African nations can collectively drive industrialization by embracing technological diversity and fostering regional collaboration, researchers at the African Economic Conference 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have said.

Cairo, Egypt, 16 November 2023 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission have shed light on the often-overlooked world of Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT) in Africa.The lack of reliable data on ICBT has long hindered the