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31 August 2020
https://lapresse.tn
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), conjointement avec International Economics Consulting Ltd, vient de publier le rapport de la deuxième enquête globale sur la pandémie de Covid-19 et ses effets économiques en Afrique. L’enquête a été menée du 16 juin au 20 juillet pour donner un aperçu sur les effets de la pandémie sur l’activité économique des entreprises à travers l’Afrique, en...
31 August 2020
https://www.iisd.org
The UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Government of Ethiopia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 13, 2020, kicking off a USD3.6 million project on nature-based solutions for water resources infrastructure and community resilience in Ethiopia. The project is part of the Ethiopian Government’s Green Legacy initiative, and serves as the official launch of the UN Economic...
31 August 2020
www.iisd.org
The UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Government of Ethiopia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 13, 2020, kicking off a USD3.6 million project on nature-based solutions for water resources infrastructure and community resilience in Ethiopia. The project is part of the Ethiopian Government’s Green Legacy initiative, and serves as the official launch of the UN Economic...
31 August 2020
https://allafrica.com
African leaders need to think digital always, especially now as the continent continues to grapple with the ongoing coronavirus crisis that has affected millions across the world, participants attending a virtual session of the African World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Implementation Meeting on "COVID-19: A Catalyst to Achieving WSIS Outcomes" agreed Monday.
30 August 2020
https://www.scmp.com/
Economic Commission for Africa negotiator says she is not aware of any African countries gaining from China debt relief under G20 deal
29 August 2020
https://punchng.com/
Her voice was laden with both angst and defeat. At a point, a tear dropped from her reddish right eye but her white handkerchief quickly came to her rescue. It was obvious she couldn’t hold it anymore. Her voice went high and low, like that of an orchestra. This was not who she was, she said.
28 August 2020
https://www.afrik21.africa
Quatre États insulaires d’Afrique de l’Est bénéficieront d’une subvention de 49,2 millions de dollars pour financer les projets d’adaptation au changement climatique proposés par les ONG. Ainsi en a décidé le conseil d’administration du Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC), dont la 26e réunion s’est tenue du 18 au 22 août 2020 par visioconférence.
28 August 2020
https://solarquarter.com
Removing the barriers that prevent the scale-up of private investments in Africa’s renewable energy markets and the potential solutions to unlock Africa’s renewable potential are some of the main themes addressed by RES4Africa’s 2020 yearly Flagship Publication, “Scaling up Africa’s renewable power”,presented during a virtual event attended by 350 participants.
28 August 2020
https://www.press.et
Last week, the Africa Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has released a working paper entitled “Africa trade and COVID-19: The supply chain dimension”.
28 August 2020
www.afrik21.africa
Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles and Mauritius are among the new countries to which the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has decided to extend its funding. The four East African island states will receive a $49.2 million grant from the GCF to finance climate change adaptation projects.
28 August 2020
allafrica.com
Despite Africa's informal sector employing more than 80 per cent of the workforce, it receives little or no attention when it comes to government's policy plans implementation.
28 August 2020
https://www.maritime-executive.com
Since Africa is home to many developing countries, including 16 which are landlocked, it is faced with immense pressure to improve its connectivity to global trade. As these vulnerable economies continue to lag behind in the development of key infrastructure, such as road and rail transportation, they have considerable challenges benefitting from trade opportunities due to unreliable movement of...
28 August 2020
https://afriqueactudaily.com
Elles constituent des acteurs majeurs de l’économie agricole, mais paradoxalement, elles n’ont pas accès à la terre pour mener à bien leurs activités.
27 August 2020
https://www.ghanaweb.com
As the host of the Secretariat for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Ghana will be at the forefront of advocacy for trade integration and the removal of trade barriers, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged.
27 August 2020
http://www.ghheadlines.com
Indeed, COVID-19 has veered the economic activities of most African nations off the progressive development track; almost all African economies, including Ghana are struggling to patch the economic holes created by the menacing COVID-19 pandemic.
27 August 2020
https://thebftonline.com/
Indeed, COVID-19 has veered the economic activities of most African nations off the progressive development track; almost all African economies, including Ghana are struggling to patch the economic holes created by the menacing COVID-19 pandemic.
26 August 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com/
African businesses are shifting towards new technologies in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
26 August 2020
https://www.herald.co.zw
The Covid-19 global pandemic has been devastating and Africa has been spared from paying the same price in human lives ,but the economic consequences have been far reaching.
26 August 2020
http://www.waltainfo.com
African businesses are shifting towards new technologies in response to COVID-19 in the continent, a report issued by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Economic Consulting Ltd indicated.
26 August 2020
https://www.journalducameroun.com
Le classement 2020 d’Advance Media la classe dans le top 100 des femmes les plus influentes sur le continent. En 2015 déjà, le Financial Times l’a rangeait parmi les 25 Africains « à suivre ».
26 August 2020
http://cm.afri-pulse.net/
La Camerounaise Vera Songwe, secrétaire exécutive de la commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique, fait retentir les cloches avec cette élévation. Économiste, elle a été pendant 17 ans à la Banque Mondiale. Elle dirige depuis janvier 2016 le bureau Afrique de l'Ouest et Afrique centrale de la Société financière internationale. Elle a été nommée secrétaire général adjoint...
26 August 2020
https://afrique.latribune.fr/
L'Agence française de développement (AFD) publie aujourd'hui « L'Atlas de l'Afrique - AFD, pour un autre regard sur le continent ». Entre prospectives socio-économiques, démographiques et climatiques, Rémy Rioux, directeur général de l'AFD, revient sur les principaux enseignements de cette étude, en soulignant l'apport du continent pour le reste du monde dans un...
26 August 2020
https://www.independent.co.ug
African businesses are shifting towards new technologies in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
26 August 2020
https://www.financialafrik.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique, conjointement avec International Economics Consulting Ltd, a publié le rapport de la deuxième enquête globale sur la pandémie de COVID-19 et ses effets économiques en Afrique. L’enquête en ligne a été menée du 16 juin au 20 juillet pour fournir un aperçu des effets de la pandémie sur l’activité économique des entreprises à travers l’Afrique, en identifiant...
26 August 2020
https://www.journalducameroun.com
African businesses are shifting towards new technologies in response to COVID-19 in the continent, a survey issued by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has revealed. According the second comprehensive survey conducted on-line on the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact across Africa, reduced opportunities to meet new customers; drop in demand; and lack of cash flow are the top three...