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Kigali, 16 June 2022 (ECA) – Trade Experts, members of the private sector and officials of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) met to discuss and validate the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) National Implementation strategy.The validated strategy will serve as a blueprint to identify key products and services as well as markets that Rwanda will prioritize

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s led AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative held a virtual induction meeting for the six (6) recently appointed National Pharmaceutical Consultants from 6 (six) of the 10 pilot countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles & Sudan), spread out over a 5-day period.The induction focused on the three key

Addis Ababa, 31 May 2022 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Bank of Zambia (BOZ), and Stichting Frontclear Technical Assistance Program (Stichting FTAP), a foundation for money market development initiatives and partner of ECA, organized a 2-day workshop to kick-off the Tradeclear Feasibility Study in Zambia. The workshop took place 16-17,

Five Los Angeles County Public Social Services projects have been selected to receive service awards from the American Society for Public Administration Southern California Chapter.

West Africa, 26 May 2020 - Green, Social, and Sustainable (GSS) bonds market remains a new frontier for Africa that will help the continent build a deeper, resilient and sustainable financing, according to policymakers, regulators, and peer sovereign issuers from across West Africa.The experts were speaking at a virtual workshop on GSS Bond Market Development to build

Kigali, Rwanda, 19 May, 2022 (ECA) – African ministers - including ministers of energy, environment, and development - and high-level representatives from 10 African countries have endorsed seven transformative actions towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 in Africa to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.In a communique

Dakar, Senegal 17 May 2022 (ECA) – Africa must develop high computing capacity to achieve the 4th industrial revolution, said Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Associate Provost and Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio.The 4th industrial revolution, he noted, is an agenda for everyone as it will transform all sectors from education to technology and health.

Addis Ababa,20 May 2022 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Ms.

Dakar, Senegal, 17 May 2022 - African economy, finance and planning ministers, businesses and economists attending a conference in Dakar, Senegal, have made an impassioned case for a complete overhaul of the global financial architecture.

Dakar, Senegal, 16 May 2022 (ECA) - Amadou Hott, Senegalese Minister of Finance says Africa had to go through the COVID-19 crisis to realise the importance of investing in strong health systems and pharmaceutical companies that can produce medicines locally. He was speaking during a round table discussion on, “the Future of health and Economic Resiliency” at the ECA Conference