Nouakchott, 28 June 2018 (ECA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) invites all media attending the AU Summit to the launch of a public service delivery campaign tagged #HonestService.
This campaign will be launched with the participation of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, ECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe, as well as representatives of African Member States.
Addis Ababa, 18 June 2018 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe has lauded the representatives of the Tripartite group comprising COMESA, EAC and SADC for their work on synergies between the Tripartite Free Trade Area and the African Continental Free Trade Area – AfCFTA, signed this year by African Union Member States.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 31, 2018 (ECA) – A two-day conference on “Digital Trade in Africa: Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights”, opened in Addis Ababa Thursday, with a high level panel discussion on the importance of digital technologies in the advancement of trade and Africa’s development.
The panelists at the opening session were Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Economic Commissioner for Africa; UNCTAD’s Secretary-General, Mukhisa Kituyi; former ECA Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes; and Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy.
Addis Ababa, 31 May 2018 (ECA) – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) flagship report, the Economic Development in Africa Report 2018, was launched in Addis Ababa Thursday.
Subtitled ‘Migration and Structural Transformation in Africa’, the report highlights that contrary to some perceptions, most migration in Africa today is taking place within the continent.
Geneva, 29 May 2018 (ECA) – As part of their two-day consultations towards the contribution of the High-Level Panel on Migration (HLPM) to the African migration discourse, the Panel Members shared perspectives on how to advance the policy dialogue on African migration.
Addis Ababa, 14 May 2018 (ECA) - ECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe led today in Addis-Ababa a High-level Ministerial Dialogue on “The African Continental Free Trade Area: creating fiscal space for jobs and economic diversification” following the launch of the Ministerial segment of the 51st Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Addis Ababa, 13 May 2018 (ECA) - “Agriculture is the quintessential sector for the transformation of the African continent and we must treat it as such,” the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Ms. Vera Songwe has told a wide-range of African leaders and delegates attending the 51st Session of ECA (and Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development).
Addis Ababa, 7 May 2018 (ECA) - In her remarks during the opening of Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa on 7 May 2018, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) deplored the extent to which chemical pollution and poor management of water resources are affecting lives across the continent.
“Today over 300 million people lack access to clean and safe water and many women and children spend hours field-searching for water and are denied the opportunity to break out of extreme poverty,” said Ms. Songwe.