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29 September 2018
www.africafreezone.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for greater all-rounded involvement in Africa's trade policy processes.
28 September 2018
https://afriqueexpansionmag.com
Dans un contexte économique défavorable qui a quelque peu déstabilisé un pan de l’économie camerounaise, le président Paul Biya a prescrit en décembre 2017, des mesures spéciales en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME).
28 September 2018
afriqueexpansionmag.com
Dans un contexte économique défavorable qui a quelque peu déstabilisé un pan de l’économie camerounaise, le président Paul Biya a prescrit en décembre 2017, des mesures spéciales en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Loin d’être un acte ponctuel, cette action est révélatrice de l’attention particulière portée aux PME en vue de l’émergence du pays. Les mesures annoncées ont porté...
27 September 2018
https://thenews-chronicle.com
Nigeria and Norway Permanent Missions to the United Nations, will be hosting a high level Side-event this Friday at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on the worrisome menace of illicit financial flows.
27 September 2018
www.lusakatimes.com
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), African Union, Food and Agriculture Organisation, UN Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank have jointly conferred a medal of recognition on President Edgar Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, as a champion of the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA3).
26 September 2018
moderndiplomacy.eu
António Guterres launches his strategy to finance the 2030 Agenda to put the world on a more sustainable path, this 24 September, ahead of the General Assembly’s annual general debate.
26 September 2018
africanbrains.net
The AfCFTA helps promote the type of trade that produces sustainable growth, creates jobs for Africa’s youth, and establishes opportunities for nurturing Africa’s businesses and entrepreneurs
26 September 2018
www.unido.org
Heads of State, high-level representatives of governments, development financing institutions and UN agencies, together with representatives of the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia, met today at the United Nations Headquarters to discuss how inclusive and sustainable industrial development can support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA...
26 September 2018
www.laquotidienne.ma
La région de l'Afrique du Nord connaît une "croissance limitée et très volatile" due à l'instabilité politique et à des économies "très peu diversifiées".
25 September 2018
www.ghananewsagency.org
ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 25, (Xinhua) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a unique and timely opportunity for the continent.
25 September 2018
venturesafrica.com
Technical experts to the High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM) concluded a two-day meeting at the headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, with a strong call for a new narrative on African migration based on the notion that migration is normal and inevitable.
25 September 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
From Chad to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the economies of Central Africa must fully industrialize to survive. But to do this, member States should systematically take a coherent set of steps and coordinate a broad range of actors in gathering the resources required, and in the most innovative, practical and business-enabling ways.
25 September 2018
www.trademarkea.com
THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AFCFTA) IS A UNIQUE AND TIMELY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONTINENT AND OFFERS MORE BENEFITS THAN OTHER TRADING ARRANGEMENTS WITH REGIONS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENT, SAID MR ANDREW MOLD, ACTING DIRECTOR OF UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (ECA) IN EASTERN AFRICA.
25 September 2018
realnewsmagazine.net
Experts on Infrastructure in Central Africa stated on September 21, that the sub region is “characterized by insufficient and poor infrastructure,” and that an integrated approach to infrastructure development is crucial to enhance trade-driven and natural resources-based industrialization.
25 September 2018
fr.allafrica.com
Le 20 septembre 2018 (CEA) - Les experts techniques du Groupe de haut niveau sur les migrations en Afrique (HLPM) ont conclu une réunion de deux jours au siège de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, avec un appel fort à un nouveau récit sur la migration africaine basé sur la notion que la migration est normale et inévitable.
25 September 2018
encomium.ng
Experts on Infrastructure in Central Africa stated on 21 September that the sub region is “characterized by insufficient and poor infrastructure,” and that an integrated approach to infrastructure development is crucial to enhance trade-driven and natural resources-based industrialization.
25 September 2018
mobile.apanews.net
But to do this, member states should systematically take a coherent set of steps and coordinate a broad range of actors in gathering the resources required, and in the most innovative, practical and business-enabling ways, said delegates to the 34th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Central Africa that has ended in the Chadian capital.
25 September 2018
lasemaineafricaine.net
Les experts de l’Afrique centrale du Comité intergouvernemental d’experts (CIE) de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), ont eu des échanges intenses sur les moyens de financement de l’industrialisation pour un développement durable dans la sous-région. Ce comité, qui regroupe des planificateurs nationaux, des économistes chevronnés, d’autres spécialistes et acteurs de...
25 September 2018
www.lejecom.com
«Le financement de l’industrialisation ne consiste pas seulement à rechercher des financements», a déclaré Antonio Pedro, Chef du Bureau sous-régional de la CEA pour l’Afrique centrale.
25 September 2018
Les Dépêches de Brazzaville
25 September 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
From Chad to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the economies of Central Africa must fully industrialize to survive.But to do this, member states should systematically take a coherent set of steps and coordinate a broad range of actors in gathering the resources required, and in the most innovative, practical and business-enabling ways, said delegates to the 34th session of the Intergovernmental...
25 September 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
From Chad to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the economies of Central Africa must fully industrialize to survive. But to do this, member States should systematically take a coherent set of steps and coordinate a broad range of actors in gathering the resources required, and in the most innovative, practical and business-enabling ways.
25 September 2018
teles-relay.com
Alors qu’elle s’exprimait à la clôture de la 34e session du comité intergouvernemental d’experts de la CEA tenue au Tchad du 18 au 21 septembre 2018, Mama Keita, Chef du Centre des données du Bureau CEA Afrique centrale a dressé un tableau de l’importance de l’économie numérique en Afrique.
24 September 2018
www.ft.com
“This has allowed for competition in a way we never had it before,” says Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa.