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The African Development Bank has launched the 12th edition of the African Economic Outlook and among the major highlights is Africa’s strong growth. The African economy grew by 6,2 percent in 2012 and is estimated to grow by 4,8 percent in 2013, and is projected to accelerate to 5,3 percent in 2014. The 6,2 percent growth in 2012 is however driven by Libya’s strong growth rate of 96 percent for...

El secretario general de CEOE, José María Lacasa, ha animado este martes a los empresarios españoles a invertir en sectores estratégicos de África y potenciar la participación público-privada durante un encuentro empresarial con el secretario ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para África de Naciones Unidas (UNECA), Carlos Lopes.

The second lunch-time seminar on the future of Africa-EU relations organized by the European Commission/ DG EuropeAid yielded a variety of pertinent recommendations about the way both continents could work together before and during multilateral negotiations and thus tackle global challenges in the future.

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has been named one of this year’s 100 most influential Africans in the Pan African Publication, New African Magazine.

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, visited Madrid to meet with high-level representatives of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC), including Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Ibero-America, Jesús Gracia Aldaz.

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Carlos Lopes hailed the inspiring leadership of the late anti-Apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Joining the world in mourning the departure of a global icon, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has described the late Nelson Mandela, as “an inspiring leader, without whom the narrative of a new Africa would not be possible.”

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has described the late Nelson Mandela, as “an inspiring leader, without whom the narrative of a new Africa would not be possible.”

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Carlos Lopes hailed the inspiring leadership of the late anti-Apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Não há cabo-verdianos entre os 100 africanos mais influentes do ano, da New African Magazine. O único nome dos PALOP na lista é o do Secretário Executivo da Comissão Económica das Nações Unidas para África (UNECA), que num texto exclusivo para o Expresso das Ilhas disse estar “verdadeiramente honrado”.

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Carlos Lopes, have argued that responsible resource-based industrialisation could influence Africa’s economic growth.

Tony Elumelu, entrepreneur, philanthrope et président d’Heirs Holdings Limited, une société d’investissement panafricaine, soutient qu’une industrialisation responsable basée sur les ressources peut stimuler la croissance économique de l’Afrique, dans un article écrit en collaboration avec Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA).

World’s appetite for natural resources the major driver of this stellar record, write Carlos Lopes and Tony Elumelu

The economic performance of Africa in the last few years has been remarkable. The continent has consistently defied the global trend.

Addis Ababa — The Seventh Joint AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held on 27 March to 1 April 2014, Abuja, Nigeria on the theme, "Industrialization for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Africa". The Conference will aim to provide a platform for policy makers to articulate...

[ThinkAfricaPress]Former Chief Economist of the World Bank's Africa division, Shantayanan Devarajan, argues that SAPs may not have worked in the '80s and '90s, but that they have in the past 15 years.

Qualité des statistiques, modèles de développement, planification... Le secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique des Nations unies veut être une force de proposition pour aider le continent à relever les défis qui l'attendent.

Five prominent Ghanaians have been listed among the 100 most influential Africans for the year 2013. The annual list was compiled and published by the New African magazine in the December 2013 edition of the magazine which is owned by London-based IC Publications.

This Guinea-Bissauan is emerging as one of Africa’s thought leaders. Taking an intellectual and pragmatic approach to problem solving as the head of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Lopes is responsible for ensuring the institution becomes a key pillar in Africa’s development policies. His views on African policy are solicited by many leaders, inside and outside of Africa. As a...

World’s appetite for natural resources the major driver of this stellar record, write Carlos Lopes and Tony Elumelu