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Substantial levels of corruption tied to foreign interests are flying too far under the radar in Africa, according to a United Nations report, which calls for new forms of measurement to capture the role played by international interests.

La croissance actuelle de l’Afrique - estimée à plus 5 % - n’est pas du goût des Africains, se désole le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), M. Carlos Lopes.

Invité spécial Commission économique africaine, le Premier ministre prononce un discours ce lundi à l’ouverture de la réunion annuelle conjointe du comité technique spécialisé des finances…

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometres, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view of the size of the continent has been diminished, pretty much the same way as other characteristics of the continent.

Ministers from African countries Monday began a meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss ways of alleviating the decline in global commodity prices which has hit the continent hard.

THE 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa, RCM-Africa, kicked off in Addis Ababa, April 3, amidst calls for better coordination in the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030).

Sound economic policies geared at propelling African countries into industrialization coupled with properly trained young workforce could make the continent more prosperous lifting millions of Africans out of poverty

The seventeenth (17th) Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) for Africa kicks off on 2nd April 2016 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, amidst reiterated calls for coordination in the implementation of the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). RCM-Africa — a...

« Notre avenir est entre nos mains », a déclaré le Premier Ministre de l'Éthiopie, M. Haile Mariam Desalegn, lundi, dans son discours d'ouverture de la Conférence des ministres au siège de la Commission Economique pour l'Afrique à Addis-Abeba.

With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometres, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view of the size of the continent has been diminished, pretty much the same way as other characteristics of the continent.

“Our future rests in our hands,” declared Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference of Ministers at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

Le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), M. Carlos Lopes, a demandé lundi à Addis Abeba (Ethiopie), aux Etats africains de saisir l’occasion offerte par le pétrole bon marché pour éliminer leurs subventions « inefficaces » sur les produits pétroliers.

“Our future rests in our hands,” declares Haile Mariam Desalegn Ethiopia Prime Minister, during his keynote speech on 4 April 2016, at the opening of the Conference of Ministers at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

“Our future rests in our hands,” declared Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference of the African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Integration, holding today 4 April 2016 at the Conference Center of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .

Addis Ababa April 4, 2016 the slump in commodity prices that has large negative impacts on African countries is caused by lower export revenues, fiscal imbalance, and current account deficit, according to UNECA.

«Le temps est venu d’accélérer la transformation de l’Afrique. La croissance actuelle du continent, portée par les matières premières, ne crée pas assez d’emplois».

Continent should shift from popular perception indices, to also look at corruption in the private sector - and help develop plans to fight it

Industrialisation is a key imperative for African economies to develop, and they should look to protecting fledgling industries. This is the word from economist Ha-Joon Chang, delivering the Adebayo Adedeji lecture at African Development Week.

Dans son Manuel des politiques de l'économie bleue en Afrique qui a été lancé aujourd'hui, lors de la Semaine inaugurale du développement africain, la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) propose une feuille de route en vue d'exploiter les eaux africaines; cette exploitation marine propulsera la transformation structurelle du continent.

The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture was delivered by prominent economist, Ha-Joon Chang on Sunday at the UN Convention Centre in Addis Ababa during the African Development Week.