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Online, 28 February 2022 (ECA) – The ECA African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the Fletcher School Climate Policy Lab (Tufts University) held on Monday 28 February 2021 a webinar on leveraging climate research partnerships for resilient development planning and SDG implementation in Africa.The meeting was held ahead of the8th session of the Africa Regional Forum on

Addis Ababa, 1 March 2022 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has called for the establishment of an African Technology Development and Transfer Network to spur innovation and accelerate development on the continent.

Online, March 1st, 2022 (ECA) -The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on households and firms in Africa, a less documented aspect of the pandemic’s repercussions, was at the heart of discussions at a joint webinar by the ECA offices for North Africa, West Africa and the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) on Monday 28 February.Authors of the

Nairobi, 28 February 2022 (ECA) - The 7th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week kicked off today in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme “Putting Africa on a Firm Footing for Recovery, Growth, and Resilience through Infrastructure”.The 7th PIDA Week, which will be held from 28th February to 3rd March 2022, aims to mobilise project preparation resources and

Kigali, 28 February 2022 (ECA) - Women are key players in the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) according to discussions on the sidelines of the 8th session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Kigali, Rwanda.The session entitled: ‘AfCFTA as a vehicle for gender equality towards agendas 2030 and 2063’ shed light on

Addis Ababa, 25 February 2022 (ECA) - Prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso of the Republic of Congo has expressed “immense gratitude” to the leadership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for choice of Congo to host the first-ever African Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (ARCAI).In his remarks during the inauguration of the centre on 24

Addis Ababa, 18 February 2022 (ECA) - The Eighth Session of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-8) will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on March 3 – 5, under the theme, Building forward better: A green, inclusive and resilient Africa poised to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.The theme is aligned with the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable

Addis Ababa, 15 February 2022 (ECA) - Ms. Jane Karonga, UN ECA Economic Affairs Officer and Project Lead for the AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative, led a Fact-finding mission to Dakar, Senegal comprising of Dr. Chiluba Mwila, Technical Operations Manufacturing Consultant and Ms. Fiona Dereige, Senior Communications Specialist to meet with Sahel Gaz Limited from Monday

Addis Ababa, 19 February 2022 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s led AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative will hold a 2-day consultative Hybrid meeting on the establishement of the Centralised Pooled Procurement Mechanism Regional Database and Regulatory Affairs for Select Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Medicines as well as the

Addis Ababa, February 11, 2022 (ECA) – Today marked the end of the Women into Leadership training programme. A programme to equip women within the African Statistical System, and in particular, the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) with the skills required to take a full part in developing themselves and leading their organisations on a programme of statistical