Boosting access to electricity key for Africa’s development, says ECA’s Songwe
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Boosting access to electricity key for Africa’s development, says ECA’s Songwe
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 7, 2019 (ECA) – Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday.
Addressing a Res4Africa business-to-government high level workshop on accelerating the renewable energy transition in Ethiopia, Ms. Songwe said energy was at the heart of development and access to electricity would lift productivity within and across sectors.
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ECA-WB workshop focuses on jobs and economic transformation in Africa
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ECA-WB workshop focuses on jobs and economic transformation in Africa
Addis Ababa, March 6, 2019 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Bank on Tuesday hosted a Roundtable Workshop on Jobs and Economic Transformation to further the dialogue on employment creation and economic transformation in Africa as part of the International Development Association (IDA) replenishment process.
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Innovation key to creating much-needed jobs in Africa, says Songwe
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Innovation key to creating much-needed jobs in Africa, says Songwe
Addis Ababa, March 5, 2019 (ECA) – Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Tuesday.
Speaking in Addis Ababa at a joint ECA-World Bank roundtable on jobs and economic transformation, Ms. Songwe said with Africa’s rising population, estimated to increase to 1.7 billion by 2030, a growth rate of more than 8 per cent per annum is needed to create at least 120 million jobs for the youth entering the labour market between now and 2030.
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African Minerals Development Centre moves from ECA to African Union Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 15, 2019 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa on Friday officially handed over the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) to the African Union Commission (AUC) following its inception in 2012.
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Forum focuses on Ethiopian women’s health; agrees there’s need to increase funding for sector
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Forum focuses on Ethiopian women’s health; agrees there’s need to increase funding for sector
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 15, 2019 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa and the World Health Organization on Friday hosted a meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss women’s health issues in Ethiopia.
The meeting, which was held under the theme; Meeting Women’s Health in Ethiopia. Challenges and Opportunities, was part of the Africa Health Week that was held on the margins of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit.
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Female African coders ‘on the front-line of the battle’ to change gender power relations: UN chief
The UN chief was speaking after meeting girls from across the continent taking part in the African Girls Can Code Initiative, a joint initiative from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and UN Women.
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