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Stockholm, Sweden, 29 August 2023 (ECA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a development ticket that will boost intra-Africa trade and help reduce poverty across the continent when fully implemented, says Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa.Launched in 2019 the AfCFTA is a free trade area

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Swakopmund, Namibia 28 August 2023 – Namibia's tourism sector is poised for a transformative leap forward as leading experts, government officials, and industry stakeholders convene for a strategic retreat.

IMPERIAL COUNTY – After rain swells, thunder cracks, flash flooding, falling rocks, tree-hit homes, and multiple voluntary evacuation warnings, power outages, and cities declaring emergency status, other than unestimated property

Luanda, Angola, 17 August 2023 (ECA) - Africa should boost investment in human and financial capital to accelerate its sustainable industrialization and economic growth, Antonio Pedro, acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa said at the 43rd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Luanda,

Addis Ababa, 17 August 2023, (ECA) - Africa should harness its vast mineral reserves to drive economic transformation and accelerate sustainable development on the back of power poverty, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Antonio Pedro has urged, highlighting that the continent is well position to spearhead clean energy transition.“The top

Addis Ababa, 16 August 2023 (ECA) - Theatre Artist and entrepreneur, Gathige Maina, went on a caravan from east to southern Africa, to attend a trade forum and find out how easy it is for young people to move across Africa’s borders, an anticipated benefit of the African Continental Free Trade Area. He was pleasantly surprised.Movement across Africa’s borders - crucial for

Addis Ababa, 16 August 2023 (ECA) - Touted as the world's largest single trade area by size, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), could transform the fortunes of the so-called demographic dividend: youth. Young people between the ages of 18-35 make up more than 70 percent of the population in Africa. They are an attractive asset in accelerating Africa’s economic

Addis Ababa, 13 August 2023 (ECA) - The 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XI) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 1-2 September 2023.CCDA-XI is an annual event of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa), an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications Supervisor Heather Robinson is the the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International Line Supervisor of the Year winner.