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Kigali, 21 November 2021 (ICE) - About 100 decision-makers and economic experts attended the 25th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) organised by UN Economic Commission for Africa in Eastern Africa to discuss how countries should strengthen resilience for a strong recovery and how to attract investments to foster economic

Addis Ababa, 20 November 2021 – African policymakers have recommended strategic policy mandates for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to support member States in tackling poverty and vulnerability for the COVID-19 recovery and delivering a resilient future for all.In the face of interlocking global crises, they issued their recommendations on 18 November

Addis Ababa, 04 November 2021 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (ECA), today held a virtual high level consultative forum on the creation and establishment of the regional pooled procurement database on select maternal neonatal and child health medicines.

Kigali, 01 November 2021 - African journalists participated in a Masterclass on the theme of the 1-4 November Conference of Land Policy in Africa - Land governance for safeguarding art, culture and heritage towards the Africa We Want, which is underway with the opening session in Kigali, Rwanda and the rest of the session held in virtual format.Organized by The African Land

Addis Ababa, 29 October 2021 (ECA) - Over two hundred young Cameroonian girls between the ages of 12 and 25 participated in a one-day Connected Girls Innovation Fair organised on 29 October in Yaounde by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with UN Women, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the Government of Cameroon.The event featured an

Addis Ababa, 25 October 2021 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s Macroeconomics & Governance Division in collaboration with Gambia Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs has concluded a four-day training of Gambia team on Applied Training on Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit (IPRT) in Banjul, The Gambia.The main objective of the training, which took

Addis Ababa, 25 October 2021 (ECA) – A new guide developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will support African countries with the monitoring and reporting of their progress on sustainable urban development.The ‘Reference Guide on City Indicators and Measurement in Africa’ contains 107 city-level indicators for 17 categories, covering all aspects of

Accra, 19 October 2021 (ECA) – The Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) Series 2 opened in the Ghanaian capital, Accra today with a call on African policymakers, private sector and academia to take bold steps to fast-track the free flow of business and trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in an atmosphere of cooperation and partnership.The President of

TITUSVILLE – Public Safety Telecommunicators, or 911 dispatchers, with the Titusville Police Department, recently donated goods and supplies to their counterparts with the Plaquemine’s Parish Sheriff’s Office, located in southeastern

Addis Ababa, 13 October 2021 – A new initiative by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is supporting African cities to measure their gross domestic product (GDP) – a vital economic well-being indicator.Findings from the pilot initiative for the first time show that between 2015 and 2020 Harare accounted for an average of 38 per cent of Zimbabwe’s GDP, while