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dis Ababa, 9 April 2014 (ECA) - Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, Wednesday, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has called on countries to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. "Africa is not waiting for better times - we have to build the better times now," stated Mr. Carlos Lopes....

Addis Ababa, 9 April 2014 (ECA) - Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, Wednesday, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has called on countries to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. "Africa is not waiting for better times - we have to build the better times now," stated Mr. Carlos Lopes.

African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met on Wednesday to discuss policies required to stop the excessive illegal flow of capital from Africa to tax havens around the world.

More Africa-owned private equity funds and financial service institutions can help the continent reduce the amount of capital flight to foreign countries seeking investments, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, told a conference in Addis Ababa

Les pays africains sont invités à prendre des mesures appropriées pour résoudre le problème de la fuite des capitaux du continent, qui pourraient être utilisés pour le développement durable et pour le programme de transformation de l’Afrique.

While Africa has recorded impressive economic growth in the past decade, more credible industrial policies and institutions are needed to advance the structural transformation of the continent, says a new report released today (11 Apr) by the United Nations and the African Union.This year's Economic.

Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, on Wednesday April 9th, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has called on countries to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. "Africa is not waiting for better times - we have to build the better times now," stated Mr. Carlos Lopes.

The Reuters agency has been hosting a business summit in Johannesburg this week under the title: “Africa Investment”. Some of the headlines (used for Reuters articles) that have emerged from the gathering include: “Money, minerals make for Africa-China marriage”, “Patience, tenacity key to business in Africa” (that should read: “Patience, tenacity KEYS to business…) and “Profile: Africa's...

La Commission économique pour l'Afrique des Nations unies (CEANU) a appelé pour l'augmentation des fonds de capitaux privés dans les investissements en Afrique afin d'améliorer les infrastructures.

Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, on Wednesday April 9th, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has called on countries to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. “Africa is not waiting for better times – we have to build the better times now,” stated Mr. Carlos Lopes.

(Reuters) - African presidents and policy makers are pushing back against pessimism to tell the world their continent's economic boom is real and sustained, but they say it must work harder to roll back poverty and create jobs for its restless youth.

Speaking at a seminar on Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa that opened in Addis Ababa, on Wednesday April 9th, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has called on countries to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. “Africa is not waiting for better times – we have to build the better times now,” stated Mr. Carlos Lopes.

The Hollywood blockbuster movie, Blood Diamond, tells a gripping story of how diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, which erupted in 1991. It depicts kidnappings, use of child soldiers, amputations, rape, killings and destruction of bridges and hospitals, among other atrocities.

The Reuters agency has been hosting a business summit in Johannesburg this week under the title: “Africa Investment”. Some of the headlines (used for Reuters articles) that have emerged from the gathering include: “Money, minerals make for Africa-China marriage”, “Patience, tenacity key to business in Africa” (that should read: “Patience, tenacity KEYS to business…) and “Profile: Africa's...

Addressing a seminar in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia organised under the theme - Capital Flight and Tax Havens in Africa - the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, said the continent needs to tackle the issue with the sense of urgency.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met Wednesday to discuss policies required to stop the excessive illegal flow of capital from Africa to tax havens around the world.

Promotion of Africa-owned private equity funds and regional stock exchanges can help stem capital flight from the continent, UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) executive secretary Carlos Lopes has said.

Africa’s narrative has changed with its rapid economic growth over the last decade. The continent is re-nicknamed the “new frontier” from the prejudiced the “hopeless continent” not so long ago.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors were meeting here Wednesday to discuss policies required to stop the excessive illegal flow of capital from Africa to tax havens around the world.

De nationalité bissau guinéenne, Carlos Lopes est le secrétaire général de la Commission des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique. Pour cet économiste, panafricaniste engagé, l’industrialisation de l’Afrique passe par la mobilisation des ressources domestiques.