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14 February 2019
www.agenceafrique.com
L’Afrique pourrait créer plus de 16 millions d’emplois si les secteurs public et privé collaboraient et investissaient suffisamment dans le secteur des médicaments. C’est du moins, le point de vu de la Secrétaire exécutive, de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe, qu’elle a eu à partager avec les participants au Forum sur les affaires et la santé des entreprises en Afrique...
14 February 2019
www.alwihdainfo.com
GBCHealth, la Fondation Aliko Dangote et la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique, ont organisé conjointement le premier Forum Africa Business: Health Forum, en marge du 32e Sommet de l’Union africaine. Le Forum a réuni des chefs d’État et des dirigeants d’affaires intéressés par une plus grande collaboration entre le secteur privé et le secteur public en matière de santé. Le...
14 February 2019
www.chinadaily.com.cn
The lethargic participation of the global business community in Africa's health sector puts the future of human productivity in peril, said experts who met in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, a day after government leaders concluded the African Union Summit.
13 February 2019
allafrica.com
Nigeria and other African countries currently spend at least $14 billion on importation of pharmaceutical products needed in the continent, owing to lack of capacity in local products, therefore exporting needed jobs to other countries, United Nation's Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, has said.
13 February 2019
leadership.ng
The heads of government across Africa have expressed support for a new health platform tagged: “ African Business Coalition for Health (ABC Health),” a joint initiative of the Aliko Dangote Foundation; GBCHealth, and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), which was launched yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
13 February 2019
fr.africanews.com
La faim en Afrique continue sa progression après plusieurs années de déclin, hypothéquant les efforts d’éradication déployés pour atteindre les objectifs de Malabo 2025 et le Programme de développement durable 2030, en particulier l’Objectif de développement durable 2 (ODD 2). Les nouvelles données, présentées dans un rapport des Nations Unies intitulé «Aperçu régional de la sécurité alimentaire...
13 February 2019
www.africa-newsroom.com
Speaking at the Africa Business Health Forum for 2019, Ms. Songwe said Africa could create more than 16 million jobs if the public and private sectors collaborated and invested enough in the drugs industry
13 February 2019
www.africanews.com
Africa should stop exporting much-needed jobs to other continents and invest in its pharmaceutical industry, in particular, to provide for its people and create jobs for its unemployed youth, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Tuesday.
Africa’s health and wellness sector has potential to create millions of jobs, says ECA’s Vera Songwe
13 February 2019
cityvoiceng.com
Africa should stop exporting much-needed jobs to other continents and invest in its pharmaceutical industry, in particular, to provide for its people and create jobs for its unemployed youth, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Tuesday.
13 February 2019
reussirbusiness.com
L’Afrique devrait cesser d’exporter des emplois indispensables sur d’autres continents et investir dans son industrie pharmaceutique, en particulier pour subvenir aux besoins de sa population et créer des emplois pour ses jeunes chômeurs, déclare ce mardi, la Secrétaire exécutive, de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe.
13 February 2019
Ethiopian Herald
13 February 2019
www.devex.com
Universal health care is vital to making sure Africa is not left behind in the quest to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday to a standing-room-only audience. It’s the private sector that has a vital role in progressing national health plans, he said.
12 February 2019
allafrica.com
Africa should stop exporting much-needed jobs to other continents and invest in its pharmaceutical industry, in particular, to provide for its people and create jobs for its unemployed youth, Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Tuesday.
12 February 2019
www.journalducameroun.com
Eastern Africa countries are providing fast-track reflection to ratify the Continental Free Trade Area agreement, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said.The Executive Secretary told journalists on Tuesday that “Ethiopia in particular, the cabinet has just approved it, so it is now in parliament. For Ethiopia it will be ratified soon.”
12 February 2019
www.nan.ng
Ms Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Tuesday in Addis Ababa called for an improved Public Private Partnership (PPP) in financing Healthcare in Africa.
12 February 2019
theeagleonline.com.ng
Heads of Governments across Africa have expressed support for a new health platform tagged: “African Business Coalition for Health (ABC Health),” a joint initiative of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, GBCHealth and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, which was launched on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
12 February 2019
www.ena.et
Eastern Africa countries are providing fast-track reflection to ratify the Continental Free Trade Area agreement, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said.
12 February 2019
newbusinessethiopia.com
Speaking at the 2019 Africa Business Health Forum opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this morning, the chief of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Vera Songwe stated that the continent is spending over $17.3 billion every year for importing drugs.
12 February 2019
www.thereporterethiopia.com
Nigerian business mogul Aliko Dangote, through his foundation, the Aliko Dangote Foundation, today launched an African health coalition together with more than 10 companies joining the African Business Coalition on Health፡ "ABCHealth".
12 February 2019
www.newsghana.com.gh
African leaders, who have gathered at the headquarters of the AU in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa as part of a two-day annual AU heads of state session from Feb. 10 to 11, have underscored migration and refugee situations on top of their agenda.
11 February 2019
www.themastonline.com
He said this was a recognition that information and communications technology (ICTs) would contribute to economic growth and the job creation agenda.
8 February 2019
https://allafrica.com/stories/201902080302.html
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 7, 2019 (ECA) - The 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, imploring African leaders to collectively address issues affecting its youth, in particular those living as refugees and as internally displaced persons.
8 February 2019
fr.allafrica.com
Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie, le 7 février 2019 (CEA) - La 34 ème session ordinaire du Conseil exécutif de l’Union africaine a débuté ce jeudi, à Addis-Abeba avec la Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe, implorant les dirigeants africains de trouver collectivement des solutions aux problèmes qui touchent les jeunes africains, en particulier ceux qui vivent...