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29 November 2018
www.africanews.com
Accelerating solutions to Africa’s infrastructure gaps must be taken seriously if Africa is to realise the aspirations of its people as enshrined in the continent’s blueprint for development, Agenda 2063 and the global agenda for sustainable development. This was the conclusion by Ministers and delegates attending the fourth Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week in...
29 November 2018
https://africanmanager.com
Celles et ceux qui se sont déjà rendus au Rwanda, ont forcément entendu parler de l’Umuganda, cette vaste opération de nettoyage qui a lieu le dernier samedi de chaque mois. Le pays a gagné une reconnaissance mondiale avec cette initiative civique transformatrice. Le terme Umuganda signifie « poursuivre ensemble un objectif commun pour engranger des résultats».
28 November 2018
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
Railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the continent’s sustainable development agenda, Soteri Gatera, Chief of Industrialisation and Infrastructure at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said on Tuesday, 27 November 2018.
28 November 2018
www.sudonline.sn
Les flux financiers illicites (FFI) ont une importance capitale sur le développement économique, social et même politique de l’Afrique. Ils contribuent à appauvrir le continent. Durant ces cinquante dernières années, l’Afrique a perdu plus de 1’000 milliards de dollars dû aux FFI.
28 November 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA), has pledged ECA’s continued readiness to “help member states in developing their national Blue Economy strategies.”In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi on Tuesday, she said the Commission will work with the African Union (AU) to set up a Regional...
28 November 2018
www.isa.org.jm
The wealth of marine resources in the oceans and seas surrounding the African Continent has the potential to be a key driver for the development of Africa’s Blue Economy but greater investment and capacity building will be critical to advancing the sustainable development of Africa’s deep seabed resources.
28 November 2018
www.exchange.co.tz
The consortium gives push to the growing debate about public debt in sub-Saharan African countries with World Bank figures showing the number of countries at high risk of debt distress rising from 8 in 2013 to 18 in 2018 in the region alone.
28 November 2018
https://vaaju.com
Strengthening African trade is crucial if the continent is to address the challenges created by fast-growing global trade patterns, UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi said on November 27 in Addis Ababa.
28 November 2018
https://allafrica.com
Southern African countries have been urged to ensure regional frameworks on land are carefully interrogated to guarantee access for all social classes. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Regional Director for Southern Africa, Said Adejumobi noted.
28 November 2018
http://fr.africanews.com
La Conférence économique africaine 2018 (CEA) aura lieu à Kigali (Rwanda) sur le thème « Intégration régionale et continentale au développement de l’Afrique ». La Conférence est organisée conjointement par le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD), la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) et la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) (www.AfDB.org).
28 November 2018
www.perspectivesmed.ma
La Conférence économique africaine 2018 (CEA) aura lieu à Kigali (Rwanda) sur le thème « Intégration régionale et continentale au développement de l’Afrique ». Organisée conjointement par le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD), la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) et la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à la suite de la mise en place de la...
28 November 2018
www.africanews.com
The 2018 African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, under the theme “Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s Development”. The Conference is jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org).
28 November 2018
https://menafn.com
African Press Organization) ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, November 28, 2018/APO Group/ -- What: The 2018 African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, under the theme 'Regional and Continental Integration for Africa's Development. The Conference is jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA...
28 November 2018
https://telesud.info
Celles et ceux qui se sont déjà rendus au Rwanda, ont forcément entendu parler de l’Umuganda, cette vaste opération de nettoyage qui a lieu le dernier samedi de chaque mois. Le pays a gagné une reconnaissance mondiale avec cette initiative civique transformatrice. Le terme Umuganda signifie « poursuivre ensemble un objectif commun pour engranger des résultats».
27 November 2018
www.newsghana.com.gh
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe has urged African countries to sign the protocol of the African Union (AU) on free movement of persons and goods.
27 November 2018
www.standardmedia.co.ke
Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and exploration revenue to jumpstart their “blue economies,” U.N. experts and activists said on Monday.
27 November 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
At the recent 22nd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) in Kigali David Luke, Coordinator of the African Trade Policy Centre at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), explained modalities on goods and implications under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
27 November 2018
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
East African economies are growing at an unprecedented rate, but experts warn that strong nationalist and protectionist stances could weaken the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
27 November 2018
www.exchange.co.tz
This meeting for the First African Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees comes as Africa scales up its trade easing efforts after the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement
27 November 2018
https://zoomzimbabwe.com
THE Chief of Industrialisation and Infrastructure at the Economic Commission for Arica (ECA), Mr. Soteri has urged the African countries to sign the Luxembourg Protocol because railways are the key to open and free trade across Africa and their development is critical to the continent’s sustainable development agenda.
27 November 2018
www.engineeringnews.co.za
African countries have been urged to sign the Luxembourg Protocol by Soteri Gatera, the chief of industrialisation and infrastructure at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
27 November 2018
www.polity.org.za
African countries have been urged to sign the Luxembourg Protocol by Soteri Gatera, the Chief of Industrialisation and Infrastructure at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
27 November 2018
https://allafrica.com
In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), pledged ECA's continued readiness to "help Member States in developing their national Blue Economy strategies."
27 November 2018
https://allafrica.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a session on the recently-produced Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Africa on 22 November 2018 in Marrakech, at the Africities 2018 Summit.
27 November 2018
https://unctad.org
Smoothing the way for African trade is critical if the continent is to tackle the challenges posed by fast-shifting patterns of global commerce, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said on 27 November in Addis Ababa.