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Addis Ababa, 18 August 2021, ECA – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and communication consultancy AUNIQUEI, with funding from the European Union (EU) today in Dakar opened a consultation with African micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).Business leaders and trade experts from across Africa

Addis Ababa, 19 August 2021 (ECA) - A creative youth competition on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for young people in Africa as well as those in the Diaspora with African citizenship has been launched.The competition dubbed the ‘Umoja Africa Campaign – Youth Contributing to the Implementation of the AfCFTA’ targets young people between the age of 18 and 35 years.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , 6 August 2021 – The UN Economic Commission for Africa has organized a meeting to enhance the capacity of Ethiopian planning experts in the design, implementation and monitoring of their development strategies.The one day workshop was organized in collaboration with Ethiopian Planning and Development Commission (PDC). It is one of a series of meetings

Addis Ababa, 17 August 2021 (ECA) -- The Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Afreximbank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) invite all youth who are nationals of

07/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2021 22:49 Africa Day 2021: For Nature and for African People New York/Addis Ababa, 15th July 2021 - In early March 2021 the seventh African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD7) took place in the Brazzaville, Congo under the theme of Building forward Better: Towards a resilient and green Africa to achieve the 2030 Goals and Agenda 2063. When the ARFSD7 closed, it was clear that Africa had put the green economy at the ce...

Tangiers, July 1st, 2021 (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa initiated on Thursday, July 1st in Tangiers (Kingdom of Morocco) a two-day, hybrid workshop on migration statistics and skills recognition in Africa. The meeting took place as part of a series of ECA-led workshops on migration policies in Africa. Participants included representatives of Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, the UN System as well as the private sector, civil society and the media. The workshop had several goals, incl...

Addis Ababa, 10 June 2021 (ECA) - Leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) including the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, are scheduled to meet for a three-day summit in the UK from 11 to 13 June 2021. Their discussions will focus mainly on issues relating to COVID-19 recovery, climate change and trade.

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UN & partners hold first expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics Format Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 9, 2021 (ECA) -- The United Nations is this week hosting its first expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics (7-10 June) with participants stressing the importance of setting up mechanisms to ensure collaboration and coordination of work on disaster-related statistics across disciplines and organizations. Speaking during the online meeting, co...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 9, 2021 (ECA) – The United Nations is this week hosting its first expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics (7-10 June) with participants stressing the importance of setting up mechanisms to ensure collaboration and coordination of work on disaster-related statistics across disciplines and organizations. Speaking during the online meeting, co-organized by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) and the Conference of European Stati...