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May 15, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 15 May 2022 (ECA) - The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020 and reversed more than two decades of progress in poverty reduction on the continent.This is according to the Economic Report on Africa 2021(ERA2021) launched today on the margins of the Economic Commission for Africa’s annual
May 13, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 12 May 2022 - Regional integration remains the key to transforming Africa’s fragmented economies, says Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. African countries should therefore harness opportunities embedded in integration initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to
May 13, 2022
Dakar, 11 May 2022 (ECA) - Delegates from across Africa are participating in a three-day Expert Group Meeting, which kicked off on 11 May in Dakar, Senegal.
May 13, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 12 May, 2022 (ECA) – The ECA’s Sub-Regional Offices (SROs) worked with more than 40 Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in 2021 on implementing national and regional strategies for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), Economic Community of Central Africa States
May 13, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 12 May 2022 (ECA) – ECA Director of Strategic Planning, Oversight and Results Division (SPORD), Said Adejumobi, cited the ECA’s key achievements between April 2021 and March 2022, at the ongoing 54th Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM 2022) in Dakar, Senegal.Speaking on behalf of ECA Executive
May 13, 2022
Dakar, 11 May, 2022 (ECA) – ECA Deputy Executive Secretary, Hanan Morsy, says a combination of efforts at national, continental and global levels are needed to respond to the shocks endured by Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the war between Russia and Ukraine.Speaking on the theme of this year’s Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and
May 13, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 13 May 2022 (ECA) - The Covid19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of African national statistical systems , pointing to the need to transform and modernize national statistical systems on the continent.
May 12, 2022
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May 12, 2022
Dakar, 11 May 2022 (ECA) – Senegal has been elected to head the Bureau of the 54th session of the Economic Commission for Africa’s Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM2022). The election took place today at the opening of the CoM2022 Expert Group Meeting in Dakar, Senegal.The Bureau represents Africa’s five subregions and comprises
May 11, 2022
Dakar, Senegal, 9 May 2022 - The 54th session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM2022) will be held from 11 to 17 May 2022 in Dakar, Senegal.The hybrid event is jointly hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the government of Senegal on the theme “Financing Africa’s Recovery: Breaking New Ground.The