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20 June 2019
www.modernghana.com
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).
20 June 2019
www.sindacalmente.org
L’Africa ha tanto sole e poca energia, senza la quale non ci può essere sviluppo, evoluzione e comunità. L’articolo “Enel avvia il piano Africa, 1 miliardo nelle rinnovabili” di Jacopo Giliberto, Il Sole, consente di riflettere sulla politica economica in modo alternativo alle italiche schermaglie elettoralistiche pro identità partitiche. L’Enel, la più grande azienda mondiale delle rinnovabili....
19 June 2019
www.xinhuanet.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Wednesday urged the need to preserve a strong multilateralism platform together with a sense of global community towards the realization of the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
19 June 2019
www.xinhuanet.com
African experts and policymakers on Wednesday urged concerted efforts to tackle the current poor access to energy, with particular emphasis given to investments in the renewable energy sector.
19 June 2019
www.res4med.org
19 June 2019
allafrica.com
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).
18 June 2019
press.et
The World Investment Report has put Ethiopia as one of the top performing African countries in FDI flow, registering a 46 percent increase in 2016 and the 2019 report shows that Ethiopia brought in $3.3 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and was the top destination in East Africa.
18 June 2019
www.africanews.com
Diplomatic reactions have trailed the death on Monday (June 17) of Ahmed Ali, father of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who according to state-media died aged 105.
African Free Trade Zone gains momentum
17 June 2019
The United Nations Economic Commission and the African Development Bank are actively promoting the treaty establishing free trade in Africa, which has been signed by the Portuguese-speaking countries and already validated.
17 June 2019
www.agenceafrique.com
Les chefs d’état et de gouvernement de l’Union africaine (UA) se sont données rendez-vous le 7 juillet prochain à Niamey, au Niger, pour le lancement de la phase opérationnelle la Zone de libre-échange continental africaine (ZLECA) qui constitue actuellement l’une des priorités de l’UA, après son entrée en vigueur théorique le 30 mai dernier.
16 June 2019
www.newtimes.co.rw
President Paul Kagame on Saturday hosted a meeting with the African Union reforms team in Kigali, ahead of the African Union Summit scheduled for July 7-8 in Niamey, Niger.
16 June 2019
allafrica.com
President Paul Kagame on Saturday hosted a meeting with the African Union reforms team in Kigali, ahead of the African Union Summit scheduled for July 7-8 in Niamey, Niger.
15 June 2019
africa.baobab.news
Pour l’économiste Vera Songwe, les pays africains doivent accélérer le développement des nouvelles applications pour cibler les plus vulnérables.
14 June 2019
www.biometricupdate.com
Bringing in digital ID across Africa and registering the continent’s 500 million undocumented citizens would bring about significant benefits to economic and banking inclusion, reduced administration costs and much wider tax bases, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Economic Report on Africa 2019 “Fiscal policy for financing sustainable development in Africa”.
14 June 2019
rnanews.com
Rwanda: Suite à la montée du terrorisme, les pays du Sahel et de la Corne de l’Afrique consacrent 1/3 de leurs budgets nationaux à la défense et à la sécurité, selon le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA), Moussa Faki Mahamat.
14 June 2019
rnanews.com
Rwanda: Suite à la montée du terrorisme, les pays du Sahel et de la Corne de l’Afrique consacrent 1/3 de leurs budgets nationaux à la défense et à la sécurité, selon le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA), Moussa Faki Mahamat.
14 June 2019
www.cnbcafrica.com
The 2019 Annual Stakeholders’ Meeting on the Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for Eastern and Southern Africa adopt outcome statement to take measures to reposition themselves in the realisation of both Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030.
13 June 2019
www.pmnewsnigeria.com
Cameroon’s National Assembly on Thursday began scrutinising a bill that will permit the president to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
12 June 2019
fanabc.com
President of the Ethiopian Supreme Court, Meaza Ashenafi met with Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Addis Ababa yesterday.
12 June 2019
http://apanews.net
President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chile Eboe-Osuji is on working vist in Addis Ababa where he held discussion with senior authorities including President Ethiopian Supreme Court, Meaza Ashenafi.
12 June 2019
www.journalducameroun.com
President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chile Eboe-Osuji is on working vist in Addis Ababa where he held discussion with senior authorities including President Ethiopian Supreme Court, Meaza Ashenafi.The visit comes after many African countries including Ethiopia have been questioning over the credibility of the ICC due to its charges seemingly have overwhelming focus on African...