Greening Ethiopia Initiative plants 200 million saplings on a single day
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Greening Ethiopia Initiative plants 200 million seedings on a single day
Addis Ababa, 29 July 2019 (ECA) - A nation-wide tree planting initiative kicked off on the morning of Monday 29th July aimed at breaking the world record of planting 200 million saplings on a single day. India currently holds the world record.
Officially launched by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in May, the nation-wide reforestation program, also popularly known as green legacy, is aimed at recovering the trees and forests that have been lost over the years.
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Clean energy – ECA to present SDG7 Bonds in New York
New York, 15 July 2019 (ECA): UN Under-Secretary-General and ECA Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, will on 17 July 2019 chair a meeting in New York on “Accelerating clean energy investment in Africa”. The meeting will be held on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum for sustainable development.
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Recipe for AfCFTA: New report looks at ‘what’s next’ for the Continental Agreement
Niamey, 6 July 2019 (ECA) - The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 during the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger.
It is titled ‘Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).’ The report argues that AfCFTA’s success will be measured largely by its ability to actually change lives, reduce poverty and contribute to economic development in Africa.
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Songwe: We need to tackle Africa’s energy challenge with urgent, bold and ambitious agenda
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Songwe: We need to tackle Africa’s energy challenge with urgent, bold and ambitious agenda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 19, 2019 (ECA) – Africa needs to increase its levels of ambition and strengthen its policies if it is to close its energy gap, increase competitiveness and power its inclusive and sustainable development, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
In a speech Wednesday to RES4Africa Foundation’s 7th annual conference on the theme Overcoming Africa’s Energy Access Gap, Ms. Songwe said; “We need to tackle Africa’s energy challenge with urgent, bold and ambitious agenda.”
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Strong partnerships and good regulations key to delivering clean energy in Africa, says Songwe
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Strong partnerships and good regulations key to delivering clean energy in Africa, says Songwe
Addis Ababa, June 18, 2019 (ECA) – The power of partnerships and the strength of good regulations will deliver clean renewable energy for Africa at the scale and speed needed, allowing the continent to unleash its full potential, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said Tuesday.
Speaking at the 16th Enel Focus On which was organized by Enel Green Power in Addis Ababa, Ms. Songwe emphasized the need for big investors to work with locals if they are to make speedy progress in delivering clean renewable energy on the continent.
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ECA’s Executive Secretary calls for stronger multilateralism to achieve SDGs.
Kigali, 17 June 2019, Press release (ECA) -The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe, has pleaded for stronger multilateralism and a sense of global community and global justice if we are to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Songwe made the plea during the recent conference in Kigali on "SDGs Implementation in Africa: Reflections on a Three-Year Journey"
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Renewable energy leaders gather in Rome to launch new European initiative for Africa’s sustainable energy future
Rome, 4 June 2019 – Leaders representing the African and European renewable energy (RE) sector gathered in a closed-door event for the launch of renewAfrica, a new initiative aimed at boosting renewable energy investments in Africa.
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