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18 December 2018
www.addisherald.com
Africa’s leaders should honor their commitment to allocate 10 percent of their budgets to agriculture if the continent is to improve food security, reduce poverty and spur economic growth, says Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Batanai Chikwene.
18 December 2018
www.financialnigeria.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on African leaders to improve food security, reduce poverty and engender economic growth on the continent. The call was made by Batanai Chikwene, the ECA’s Programme Management Officer at the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), during the just-concluded Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF).
18 December 2018
africanmanager.com
Le Gouvernement ivoirien, au travers du Ministère du Plan et du Développement (MPD) et le Bureau sous régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest de la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), a organisé un atelier de restitution du guide méthodologique de gestion du cycle des projets de la Côte d’Ivoire.
17 December 2018
www.undp.org
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa - Remarks by Mr. Achim Steiner UNDP Administrator and the Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
17 December 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
Founded sixty years ago, the UNECA has been engaged in assisting African countries to formulate relevant development policies and strategies in various sectors of the economy.
17 December 2018
www.ena.et
Addis Ababa December 17/2018 Despite its immense job over the last six decades, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has to further expand and renew its critical role to realize Africa’s ambition, Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonen said.
17 December 2018
www.aa.com.tr
A majority of United Nations agencies, funds and programs have Africa as their priority as the continent grapples with many socio-economic problems, a senior UN official has said.
17 December 2018
www.devdiscourse.com
Mr Chikwene said with the AfCFTA, Africa’s farmers need to be ready not only to feed people in their own countries but the entire continent and also to penetrate international markets.
17 December 2018
allafrica.com
Addis Ababa — Despite its immense job over the last six decades, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has to further expand and renew its critical role to realize Africa's ambition, Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonen said.
17 December 2018
www.elwatan.com
A quand l’émergence d’une vraie élite d’affaires, réellement soucieuse du développement et de la prospérité de l’Afrique ? Pas pour demain, si l’on en croit le nouveau constat dressé par la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA-Nations unies).
17 December 2018
www.elwatan.com
A quand l’émergence d’une vraie élite d’affaires, réellement soucieuse du développement et de la prospérité de l’Afrique ? Pas pour demain, si l’on en croit le nouveau constat dressé par la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA-Nations unies).
17 December 2018
www.cameroon-tribune.cm
16 December 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has stressed on the need for economic diversity so as to make African economies relient in face of global economic crisis.
16 December 2018
allafrica.com
Africa's leaders should honour their commitment to allocate 10 percent of their budgets to agriculture if the continent is to improve food security, reduce poverty and spur economic growth, says Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Batanai Chikwene.
16 December 2018
allafrica.com
Female entrepreneurs around the globe typically face greater barriers to accessing trade finance than their male counterparts, more so in the developing world where cultural norms continue to affect their desire to do well in their chosen careers.
15 December 2018
www.newsghana.com.gh
Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has urged the global community to protect multilateralism towards sustainable development.
14 December 2018
http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/
China's participation in Africa's growing infrastructure sector is fast-tracking the integration process and pushing closer to creating a $3 trillion (2.6 trillion euros; ￡2.4 trillion) single market, says Stephen Karingi, director of the capacity development division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, his docket also includes regional integration...
13 December 2018
www.newtelegraphng.com
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Giovanie Biha, has appealed to countries, which have not signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to do so.
13 December 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
Smaller African economies should not fear the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) but rather embrace the accord for the benefits it will bring to the continent through expanded intra-African trade, says Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe.
13 December 2018
www.africanews.com
Smaller African economies should not fear the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) but rather embrace the accord for the benefits it will bring to the continent through expanded intra-African trade, says Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe.
13 December 2018
https://newstide247.com
Africa must forge ahead with the remaining technical negotiations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as African Union member countries continue to sign and ratify the agreement that is underpinning the continent’s belief that intra-African trade is the catalytic potential of the accord, says Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe.
13 December 2018
www.busiweek.com
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe has urged UN agencies to rally behind ongoing continental initiatives aimed at boosting intra-Africa integration and trade and others that aim to harness the private sector and digital economy in a bid to alleviate poverty and propel structural transformation.
13 December 2018
www.marketscreener.com
The ECA Office for North Africa launched on Thursday 13 December in Cairo its report on 'The potential for the creation of Regional Value Chains in North Africa: a sector-based mapping', on the margins of the Intra-African Trade Fair (Cairo, 11-17 December 2018).
13 December 2018
https://news.abidjan.net
Les acteurs nationaux de la mise en œuvre des projets et programmes alignés sur le Programme national de développement (PND), ont été invités jeudi à s’approprier le nouveau "Guide de gestion du cycle de projets" initié par le ministère du Plan et du Développement avec l’appui de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations-Unies.
13 December 2018
www.ahram.org.eg