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Ouagadougou, 01 March 2021, ECA – With technical support from the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Burkina Faso holds a technical workshop from 1 to 3 March 2021, in Ouagadougou, to review and pre-validate the draft interim national strategy. The National Strategy for the implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement of Burkina Faso, which the Ministry of Trade is developing with ECA support, strives to (i) identify opportunities for diversification in ...

A webinar was held Thursday ahead of the seventh Session of the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development gathering panelists and experts in human rights, sustainable development and finance...

Brazzaville, 27 February 2021 (ECA) – The just-ended third African Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ARSTI2021), which was held in the Congolese capital and online, saw several innovative young Africans, among 200 who took part in a bootcamp, create software projects and print objects in 3D. They learned basic techniques in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), artificial intelligence and robotics. Convinced that young Africans were more interested in social sciences, the...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 26, 2021 (ECA) – “We owe it to our young girls to develop better systems that foster gender equality in Africa,” said Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director of Gender, Poverty and Social Policy at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on Friday 26 February 2021. She explained during a virtual panel discussion, dubbed “Sharing decision-making between women and men: an opportunity for Africa,” that ECA was “working closely with member states” to enhance wom...

Addis Ababa, 26 February 2021 (ECA) - Policymakers attending the meeting that discussed the partnerships for a free and regulated movement of people in Africa called for stronger collaboration between relevant institutions and governments to address the problems of migrant workers on the continent. Speaking at the meeting held on 25 February, Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director of the Gender Poverty and Social Policy Division at ECA said that creating a sustainable environment where African citizen...

Brazzaville/Addis Ababa, 25 February 2021 (ECA) – Africa could expand its economy by a staggering $1.5 trillion dollars, by capturing just 10% of the speedily growing artificial intelligence (AI) market, set to reach $15.7 trillion by 2030. Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), made the argument Thursday. She was addressing several ministers and other participants at the third Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innova...

Clay County deputies looking for missing 16-year-old teen Deputies say he was last seen wearing a navy blue Nike shirt, black Nike shorts, and blue Nike shoes. Credit: CCSO Published: 11:18 AM EST February 26, 2021 Updated: 1:03 PM EST February 26, 2021 CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — The Clay County Sheriffs Office is looking for a missing teenager from the Middleburg area. Deputies say Alexander Butterfield,16, is missing from the 4000 block of Lightning Lane. He was las...

Brazzaville (Congo), February 25, 2021 – As part of the Seventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD 2021), the United Nations Economic Commission (ECA), through the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), in partnership with  the Government of the Republic of Congo,  the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Center for Studies and Research on Economic...

02/25/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/26/2021 03:06 UN forum unveils the wonders of artificial intelligence and other STIs for Africa Brazzaville/Addis Ababa, 25 February 2021 (ECA) - Africa could expand its economy by a staggering $1.5 trillion dollars, by capturing just 10% of the speedily growing artificial intelligence (AI) market, set to reach $15.7 trillion by 2030. Vera Songwe, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (EC...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 26, 2021 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday held its 28 th quarterly African Ambassadors briefing to update Addis Ababa-based Permanent Representatives on the work of the Commission over the past three months. This includes ECA’s focus to ensure African countries have adequate resources to respond to the deadly COVID19 pandemic, with calls for an extra financial liquidity amounting to $500 billion through the International Monetary Fu...