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English News and Press Release on World about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Epidemic; published on 03 Mar 2021 by ECA

Brazzaville, 02 March 2021 - African countries with accurate and up-to-date data and statistics have found it easier to address challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This observation was made Tuesday during a plenary roundtable on "how to meet the needs for data and statistics to enable a sustainable, inclusive and evidence-based recovery and to build forward better in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and achieve the goals of the Decade of Action for Sustainable Dev...

03/02/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2021 16:46 Poor data dents Africa’s sustainable development goals implementation Brazzaville, Congo, March 2, 2021 (ECA) - Good quality data and statistics are important for informing development decisions and Africa should not be found wanting as it seeks to meet the global 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and Africas Agenda 2063, experts say. The most important thing for data collection is the political will, Mami Mizutor...

03/02/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/03/2021 01:18 514 million Africans risk falling below extreme poverty line in 2021 due to COVID-19 Brazzaville, Congo, March 2nd, 2020 (ECA) - Can African countries still achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? African growth trajectories and the impact of COVID19 are currently shedding doubts on countries ability to reach this objective, unless the region achieves faster growth than before the pandemic in the upcoming years. D...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 2, 2021 (ECA) – Before the onset of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Africa was recording positive growth rates but not enough to achieve the sustainable development goals, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Bartholomew Armah. The ECA’s Acting Director of the Macroeconomics and Governance Division said this while giving a progress report on the implementation of Agendas 2030 and 2063, and tackling the COVID-19 crisis at the regional and sub-regional le...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 2, 2021 (ECA) - The devastating effects of COVID-19 are being felt in all spheres of life, and in most cases, the pandemic has exacerbated poverty, hunger, violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups. However, African countries can strategically use available tools to steer their countries out of the depressing ripples of the pandemic, and the global sustainable development goals Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) have been identified as efficient tools...

Addis Ababa, 2 March 2021, ECA – The Economic commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with five other partners is organizing a two-day high-level event on investment facilitation for development for African countries starting on 3 March. This “High-level Regional Roundtable on Investment Facilitation for Development: The benefits and challenges of international investment facilitation frameworks for development for African economies” is co-organized by the ECA, the International Trad...

Dakar, Senegal, March 3, 2021 (ECA) - Experts from the energy and regulatory institutions of the Government of Senegal, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the RES4Africa Foundation on Wednesday held a virtual meeting to discuss the energy policy and regulation required to attract the participation of the private sector across the country’s electricity value chain. The electricity sector regulatory review currently underway across Africa is part of the ECA Executive Se...

03/01/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2021 03:53 Congo Brazzaville takes reins from Zimbabwe in ARFSD Bureau Brazzaville, Congo, March 1, 2020 (ECA) - Held since February 2020 by Paul Mavima, Zimbabwes Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister, the Presidency of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) was entrusted Monday to Ms. Arlette Soudan Nonault, Congolese Tourism and Environment Minister, when the seventh edition of the Forum kicked of...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 1, 2020 (ECA) - Held since February 2020 by Paul Mavima, Zimbabwe’s Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister, the Presidency of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) was entrusted Monday to Ms. Arlette Soudan Nonault, Congolese Tourism and Environment Minister, when the seventh edition of the Forum kicked off in Brazzaville. Ms. Soudan Nonault, whose country is hosting the seventh edition of ARFSD under the theme "Building forward be...