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Africa needs to tackle inequalities during the COVID-19 recovery process Format Brazzaville, 03 March 2021 (ECA) -The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light inequalities that have been around for a while in the African continent. Women, youth and vulnerable populations including refugees, migrants, indigenous people, older persons, the disabled and children still remain at risk of various inequalities. One of the major challenges in the world is poverty and inequalities. During a parallel meeti...

Brazzaville, 03 March 2021 (ECA) - The African labour market is marked by skills mismatch, especially in the informal sector. One out of every three working-age persons in Africa lacks the necessary skills to secure a decent job or achieve high productivity.  To address that challenge, a call to build the capacity of higher learning and technical schools as institutions that must be leading in science, technology and innovation was made at the ongoing seventh session of the African Regional Fo...

He spoke on Wednesday, March 3, during a side meeting on the sub-theme: "Sustainable consumption and production", (with reference to Objective 12 of the Sustainable development goals), organized within the framework of the seventh session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development ARFSD). The theme of the 7 th ARFSD is “Building forward better: towards a resilient and green Africa to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.” Jean-Paul Adam made a plea for a significant finan...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 3, 2021 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is supporting the African Union Commission (AUC) in finalizing the African Climate Change Strategy (2020-2030). James Murombedzi of the ECA’s African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), said this at the on-going 7 th Session of the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) currently taking place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. “The African Climate Change Strategy 2020-2030 is designed to be a fr...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 3, 2021 (ECA) - The novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed massive fragilities in Africa’s health delivery system with participants at the ongoing 7 th African Development Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) calling on the continent to start building climate resilient healthcare systems to meet the challenges of the future. Contributing to debate, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, noted that the pandemic had seriously curtailed health deli...

03/03/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/03/2021 20:38 ARFSD2021: Africa must and can develop better Brazzaville, Congo, March 3, 2021 (ECA) - Africa should make a swift recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate progress on sustainable development and build an inclusive pathway to achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, Firmin Ayessa, said Wednesday. Describing conditions caused by COVID-19 as unprecedented, Mr. Ayessa s...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 03, 2021 (ECA) - Regional and continental integration should be at the heart of Africa’s economic recovery in the post COVID-19 era, an Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) meeting on partnerships held on the sidelines of the ongoing 7 th African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) heard Wednesday. Speaker after speaker re-emphasised the importance of strong global partnerships to ensure the attainment of the sustainable development goals. Inclusive pa...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 03, 2021 (ECA) – Implementing sustainable development goal number 12 on sustainable consumption and production is important as it cuts across all the other SDGs and assists countries to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty. This was said Wednesday by the Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division of the Economic Commission...

Addis Ababa, 3 March 2021, ECA – Investment Facilitation is increasingly becoming an area of focus in the investment discourse in Africa, and is expected to be central to the impending African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations of the protocol on investment, said Stephen Karingi of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Karingi, Director in the Regional Integration and Trade Division of the ECA, spoke today at a High-level Virtual Roundtable on Investment Facilitation for De...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 4, 2021 (ECA) - The Seventh Session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended today with a call on African countries to pursue full representation of all citizens, including women, children, and the disabled, irrespective of background, belief or geographic location, in efforts to attain the sustainable development goals without leaving anyone behind. During the four-day Forum, discussions showed that efforts by countries, including achieve...