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Carlos Lopes told the delegates that although Africa had experienced unprecedented increase over the completed decade and had been remarkably resilient to the world economic crisis, its economic performance had not created enough jobs.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s Executive Secretary of Carlos Lopes said that although Africa has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade, the continent remains home to the world's highest proportion of poor people.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has approved the deployment of the African Union Short-Term Observation (STO) Mission to the Presidential Elections in the Republic of Cape Verde scheduled for 20 March 2016. The STOs are expected in Praia – Cape Verde, on 16 March 2016 and will remain in the country until 24 March 2016.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development hosted a meeting with the African Union, regional economic communities, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank Monday.

In pursuit of socio-economic transformation, African countries have often tried to either follow into the Western or Asian development footprints, often too, oblivious to the fact that their systems may not be compatible back home.

Le Secrétaire Exécutif de UNECA, Carlos Lopes, le Fondateur et président du Centre Africain pour la Transformation Economique, K.Y. Amoako, et le Ministre rwandais des Finances, l’Ambassadeur Claver Gatete, ont ouvert cette Conférence sur la Transformation.

Economic experts gathered in Kigali for the Africa Transformation Forum have warned that Africa's economic transformation can only be attained when Africa models its own development policies other than copycats from the developed world.

Le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique, M. Carlos Lopes, déclare que malgré que l’Afrique ait connu une croissance sans précédent cette dernière décennie, le continent connait toujours la plus grande proportion mondiale de population pauvre.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s Executive Secretary of Carlos Lopes said that although Africa has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade, the continent remains home to the world's highest proportion of poor people.

Recent events in the international economy have made it more urgent than ever before for Africa to transform its economy. The sharp fall in commodity prices and the slowing of the Chinese economy has once again shown how vulnerable most African economies remain to external factors outside their control. According to the President of the African Center for Economic Transformation Dr. K. Y Amoako...

Leading thinkers, policy-makers, government officials, development partners and business leaders across Africa have unanimously agreed that the continent has to move beyond creating growth to accelerating economic transformation as a strategy of reducing poverty in Africa.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s Executive Secretary of Carlos Lopes said that although Africa has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade, the continent remains home to the world's highest proportion of poor people.

Economic experts gathered in Kigali for the Africa Transformation Forum have warned that Africa’s economic transformation can only be attained when Africa models its own development policies other than copycats from the developed world.

Recent events in the international economy have made it more urgent than ever before for Africa to transform its economy.

Recent events in the international economy have made it more urgent than ever before for Africa to transform its economy. This was the sobering message from K.Y. Amoako, the president of the African Center for Economic Transformation when addressing delegates during the inaugural African Transformation Forum (ATF) which opened today in Kigali.

ACET and the ECA are working towards the same ends but our modes of operation are, of course, different. Made up of 54 member states, the ECA is one of the UN’s five regional commissions and its mandate, in a nutshell, is to promote the economic and social development of its member states.

Today, Rwanda hosts the inaugural African Transformation Forum (ATF). The forum is jointly organised by the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), one of Africa’s leading think tanks, and the Government of Rwanda.

How can Africa unlock rapid and sustained growth? Is it possible to establish the continent as part of the global supply chain and make Africa globally competitive not only in terms of exports but also as a frontier manufacturing base?

The African Transformation Forum (ATF) that seeks to build a coalition for transformation in Africa -- addressing key economic development themes -- is ongoing in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali.

In pursuit of socio-economic transformation, African countries have often tried to either follow into the Western or Asian development footprints, often too, oblivious to the fact that their systems may not be compatible back home.