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Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 – A new study, supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and produced in collaboration with Accra Metropolitan Authority, for the first time reveals that Accra’s represents about one-third of Ghana’s annual gross domestic product (GDP).The study breaks new ground by quantifying Accra’s contributions to the Ghanaian

Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 – Accra’s economy, like that of other African cities, was hard hit from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 - A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda.The meeting that runs between November 23 – 26 is organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Rwanda's National Identification Agency (NIDA) under the theme, “Building

Addis Ababa, 20 November 2021 - African policymakers have recommended strategic policy mandates for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to support member States in tackling...

Marrakech, 26 November 2021 (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa held on 24-25 November in Marrakech (Morocco) its 36th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts for North Africa (ICSOE) on “Strengthening regional integration in North Africa,” and an Expert group meeting on “Unlocking the Potential of Regional Value Chains in North Africa:

Kigali, 25 November 2021 - A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda.The meeting that runs between November 23 – 26 is organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Rwanda's National Identification Agency (NIDA) under the theme, “Building back

Nairobi, 24 November 2021 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly organized a multi-stakeholder workshop to deliberate on the contribution of the services sector to African value chains as the UNCTAD-UNECA project on Trade in Services draws to a close.The two-day workshop

Kinshasa/Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 (ECA) – As the global transition towards renewable energy and carbon neutrality spurs demand for electric vehicles to replace fossil fuel engines, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has embarked on a project to build a cathode precursor plant.This will enable the country to harness its mineral resource wealth to sustainably commence

Kinshasa, 26 November 2021 (ECA) – Members of Government o the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and private sector leaders have agreed that for an effective ecosystem for the battery, electric vehicles (BEV) and renewable energy value chain in the country, Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have to be independent.At the DRC Africa Business Forum panel discussion on an ecosystem

Lilongwe, Malawi, 24 November 2021 - In 2019, Tropical Cyclones Idai and Kenneth devastated the Southern African region.