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Addis Ababa, 21 July 2022 (ECA) - As part of its regular Price Watch Dialogue series, the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted, on 21 July, a policy dialogue on the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on commodity and food prices in Africa. In his welcoming remarks, Oliver Chinganya, ACS Director, stated “Africa, in the last

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Side EventAddis Ababa, 15 July 2022 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative held a virtual side event on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: Showcasing the AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative: lessons and experiences on

Addis Ababa, 13 July 2022 (ECA) – A new report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) highlights the leading role of cities in unlocking economic gains made available through regional economic integration, particularly under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.Launched yesterday, the report is the first piece of comprehensive research

New York, 7 July 2022 (ECA)- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has briefed Permanent Representatives (PRs) of African Member States in New York on some key undertakings of the Commission in support of the financing and sustainable development needs of African countries.Ms.

New York, 5 July 2022 (ECA) – The 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) officially opened on 5 July, with a call to action from Collen Kelapile, President of ECOSOC and Permanent of Representative Botswana to the United Nations, to overcome the challenges facing the global community, outlining many reasons for optimism regarding sustainable

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 July 2022 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday 5 July launched the ECA Monthly Press Briefing, a channel through which the Commission aims to enhance collaboration with the media and facilitate regular access to its experts and knowledge products.During the event, ECA’s African Center for Statistics (ACS) presented some of its

Addis Ababa, 29 June 2022 (ECA): The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) organized a Multi-stakeholder Conference today to conclude two years of important cooperation in support of deepening African integration, with a focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).Speaking on

Katowice, Poland, 30 June 2022 – The World Urban Forum (WUF) concluded today with a high-level engagement of African Ministers of Housing, Urban Development and Local Government in collaboration with the African Union, ECA and UN-Habitat.As Africa responds to the effects of multiple crises, Ministers stressed that the way in which cities and planned and managed will determine

Kampala, Uganda, 20 June 2022 – The Government of Uganda has scaled up the practice of voluntary local reviews – which monitor progress made by local governments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and is bringing their outcomes to the forefront of its national SDG reporting process.This development builds on the country’s first voluntary local review of the

Addis Ababa, 16 June 2022 (ECA): The fundamental role of the private sector in accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was highlighted today at a high-level event jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Office Ethiopia/AU.In his keynote address, Mr.