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UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Afr : ECA, AUC walk stimulates community involvement in promoting road safety awareness 05/22/2021 | 02:39pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 May 2021 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) organized a short walk in the Kazanchis neighbourhood of Addis Ababa on Saturday, to mark the 6th United Nations Road Safety Week. This years road safety week runs ...

UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Afr : Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key for Africas recovery post COVID-19 05/22/2021 | 12:15pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 22, 2021 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it will continue to work closely with its member States, the African Union Commission and other key stakeholders towards the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Af...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 May 2021 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) organized a short walk in the Kazanchis neighbourhood of Addis Ababa on Saturday, to mark the 6th United Nations Road Safety Week.This year’s road safety week runs from 17 to 23 May and is being marked under the slogan “Streets for Life” - a call for 30

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 20, 2021 (ECA) – An African Union Commission and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) workshop organized to validate the African Road Safety Action Plan for the Decade 2021-2030 by experts, on Thursday called on African policymakers to support the UN campaign launched at the beginning of the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week to make 30 km/h streets the

CPD holding 2 promotion ceremonies Friday Photo: FOX19 NOW/file By FOX19 Digital Staff | May 14, 2021 at 8:54 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 10:17 AM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Cincinnati Police Department will be holding two promotional ceremonies Friday. Both ceremonies will be streamed live on the Cincinnati Police Department Facebook page. The first one will start at 10:30 a.m. Police Chief Eliot Isaac will administer the oath of office to the following new sergeants: Lucas Neville, Matthe...

Addis Ababa, 3 May 2021, ECA – The European Union will continue to be a strong supporter of Africa’s economic integration agenda, particularly the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), said Birgitte Markussen, the EU’s ambassador to the African Union (AU). She was speaking at a webinar organized recently by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carleton University, Canada, and the Pan African Strategic & Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG) with the support of the EU. The ambass...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 30, 2021 (ECA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit hard the economies of many African countries, and pushed many more citizens into poverty, but some countries like Rwanda and Togo have used digitization to keep their economies running.  Speaking during the launch of a Pan-African peer exchange series on the benefits of responsible digital government payments, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Vera Songwe said the pandemic had a h...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 29, 2021 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners have developed a new framework that is aimed at transforming the way African countries build their Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems. Speaking at the virtual launch of the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework, Oliver Chinganya, head of the African Centre for Statistics at the ECA, said the framework would lead the continent towards universal coverage of vital events. “As ...

04/22/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2021 13:25 ECA revitalizes initiative to bridge continental digital divide Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 22, 2021 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners on Thursday launched a friendlier and comprehensive Learning Girls in ICT Initiative that is expected to help bridge the continental digital divide. The launch of the Learning Girls in ICT Initiative marked the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Girl...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 21, 2021 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UN Women, and eWorldwide Group, will on Thursday April 22 host a webinar which seeks to build awareness about the gender digital divide on the continent and encourage more girls and young women to actively pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.  The webinar, organized to mark International Girls in ICT D...