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10 July 2018
www.ethpress.gov.et
Ethiopia changed its national tourism motto: 'Thirteen Months of Sunshine' to the 'Land of Origins'. The former tourism motto served over a century in motivating the nation's diversified natural and man-made tourism endowments.
10 July 2018
thenationonlineng.net
OSINBAJO, Gowon, Obasanjo, Namibian president, others pay last respects as ex-ECA scribe Adedeji is laid to rest Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and pioneer chairman of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, made his final departure to the world beyond yesterday amid eulogies from many African...
10 July 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe exhorte, en ce jour, le Nigéria à adhérer au mouvement de l’Accord de libre-échange continental africain (ZLECA) après des consultations appropriées et offre l’appui de la CEA pour l’aider à se joindre à l’Afrique du Sud et aux 48 autres pays déjà signataires de la ZLECA.
10 July 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
Le Président namibien Hage Geingob a rendu hommage ce samedi, à l’ancien Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique, le Professeur Adebayo Adedeji, en lui reconnaissant la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA) et les réformes en cours de l’Union africaine.
10 July 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
Un colloque en l’honneur de l’ancien Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Adebayo Adedeji, s’est tenu ce samedi, à Lagos, au Nigéria, en présence du Professeur Peter Anyang 'Nyong' o, Gouverneur du Comté de Kisumu au Kenya, priant les intellectuels et les universitaires africains d’encourager la réflexion africaine sur les solutions possibles aux défis...
10 July 2018
www.financialafrik.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe exhorte, en ce jour, le Nigéria à adhérer au mouvement de l’Accord de libre-échange continental africain (ZLECA) après des consultations appropriées et offre l’appui de la CEA pour l’aider à se joindre à l’Afrique du Sud et aux 48 autres pays déjà signataires de la ZLECA.
10 July 2018
www.voanews.com
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Swiss counterpart Alain Berset have signed an agreement aimed at helping Kenya recover illegally acquired assets that were stashed in Swiss banks.
10 July 2018
https://newbusinessethiopia.com
The High Level Policy Dialogue on Development in Africa started in Cairo Tuesday with Egypt’s Planning, Follow-up & Administrative Reform Minister, Hala ElSaid Younes stressing the importance of an integrated Africa.
10 July 2018
http://thepoint.gm
The Gambia and Sierra Leone have supported the bid by Liberia to host the next annual rotational conference of high-level decision-makers from ECOWAS member states.
10 July 2018
www.financialafrik.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe exhorte, en ce jour, le Nigéria à adhérer au mouvement de l’Accord de libre-échange continental africain (ZLECA) après des consultations appropriées et offre l’appui de la CEA pour l’aider à se joindre à l’Afrique du Sud et aux 48 autres pays déjà signataires de la ZLECA.
9 July 2018
capitalethiopia.com
ECA’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe announced that plans are underway to set up the African Women Leadership Fund to help speed up the growth of women-led businesses around the Continent.
9 July 2018
www.usnews.com
After declaring an end on Monday to a costly two-decade military stalemate, Ethiopia and Eritrea - one a rising African star, the other among the world's most isolationist nations - appear poised to reap a lucrative peace dividend.
9 July 2018
af.reuters.com
After declaring an end on Monday to a costly two-decade military stalemate, Ethiopia and Eritrea - one a rising African star, the other among the world’s most isolationist nations - appear poised to reap a lucrative peace dividend.
9 July 2018
allafrica.com
The 2018 AGOA Forum—named for the African Growth and Opportunity Act passed in 2000 and extended three years ago to 2025—could be a turning point in U.S.-African commercial relations. AGOA abolished import duties on more than 1,800 products manufactured in eligible countries sub-Saharan Africa (those with established or making continuous progress with market-based economy, rule of law and...
9 July 2018
https://allafrica.com
The Africa Cyber Defence Summit, Africa's largest cyber security gathering, is taking place in Nairobi at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre on July 9-10,2018. The platform is hosted by Kenya's Ministry of ICT and co-organised by Naseba and Africa Cyberspace Network (A.C.N) with support from Kenya Airways, Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Communication Authority of Kenya and The...
9 July 2018
https://southerntimesafrica.com
SOUTHERN Africa’s economies stand to benefit immensely if member states collaborate to develop vibrant agro-allied industries and enhance regional value chains particularly in the agriculture sector, a report has shown.
9 July 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
Secretary General António Guterres concluded the second annual UN-African Union conference in Addis Ababa, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the relationship between the two organizations. Held on 9-10 July, the meeting covered the issues elaborated in the joint AU-UN development framework, including peace and security.
9 July 2018
www.africardv.com
L’emploi décent est devenu une “espèce en voie de disparition” au Bénin. Et pour cause, le taux de sous-emploi est estimé à 72% dans le pays. C’est ce que révèle une étude de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), publiée le 5 juillet 2018.
9 July 2018
independent.ng
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, weekend, joined eminent Nigerians and United Nations (UN) scribes to pay tributes to Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, former Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and UN Under-Secretary-General.
8 July 2018
www.vanguardngr.com
The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osimbajo, other African Leaders and Academia, yesterday, poured encomium on late Professor Adebayo Adedeji for his Pan Africanist ideals and economic development for Africa unity.
8 July 2018
guardian.ng
Eminent politicians and diplomats from Africa, yesterday, called for effective democratic values, accountability and sense of patriotism to overcome marginalisation and impunity in the continent.
8 July 2018
www.vanguardngr.com
Forty-six years after, Dr Yakubu Gowon, former military Head of State, has again defended the Udoji award to civil servants after the Nigerian civil war.
8 July 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
The African continent celebrated the legacy of the late Adebayo Adedeji, who had served as the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for over 16 years.
8 July 2018
www.premiumtimesng.com
Forty-six years after, Yakubu Gowon, former military Head of State, has again defended the Udoji award to civil servants after the Nigerian civil war.
8 July 2018
guardian.ng
Eminent politicians and diplomats from Africa, yesterday, called for effective democratic values, accountability and sense of patriotism to overcome marginalisation and impunity in the continent.