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4 July 2018
www.nbc.na
The Head of State will also attend the funeral service of Pan-Africanist Adebayo Adedeji and address the UN Economic Commission for Africa symposium.
He is scheduled to return home this Saturday.
4 July 2018
www.maghrebemergent.info
Le Comité économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) au sein de l’Organisation des nations unies lancera prochainement Fonds d’Excellence de 500 Millions de dollars pour les femmes africaines pour le soutien à la croissance des entreprises dirigées par les femmes à travers le continent.
4 July 2018
http://africanleadership.co.uk
Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has announced that plans are currently being made to launch the African Women Leadership Fund to help fast-track the growth of women-owned businesses in Africa.
4 July 2018
http://allafrica.com
The Permanent Secretary of Cameroon's Ministry of Trade - Mr. Achille Bassilekin III, on behalf of his Minister, has reiterated to the authorities of the CEMAC and ECCAS, Cameroon's concern with regard to impediments to the development of intra-community trade and the emergence of national and regional champions in Central Africa.
3 July 2018
http://thenationonlineng.net
Arguably the continent’s most ambitious integration initiative, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a deal between 44 members of the African Union. Its goal is to create a single market to be followed by free movement and a single currency union. Nigeria, however, is yet to sign it.
3 July 2018
https://www.medias24.com/MAROC/Quoi-de-neuf/184270-Entrepreneuriat-Bientot-un-fonds-d-excellence-pour-les-femmes-africaines-en-soutien.html
La Secrétaire exécutive de la CEA (Commission économique pour l'Afrique - Nations unies), Vera Songwe, a annoncé le prochain lancement du fonds d’excellence pour les femmes africaines en soutien à la croissance des entreprises dirigées par les femmes à travers le continent.
3 July 2018
ghananewsonline.com.gh
It was announced at the end of the two-day African Transformation Forum (ATF) which took place in Accra from 20th to 21st June, 2018, that, Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will chair a new panel to drive the transformation of Africa’s economies.
3 July 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
Sierra Leone is one of five countries that have recently signed the African Union’s Continental Trade Agreement, APA learnt in Freetown on Monday.President Julius Maada Bio signed the document in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, as part of the just concluded 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union General Assembly, State House said.
3 July 2018
sdg.iisd.org
Participants from the Maghreb countries discussed SDG implementation in North Africa, during an event organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s (UNECA) Office for North Africa. Experts reflected on Maghreb countries’ progress towards the SDGs, shared challenges in implementation and considered coordination mechanisms to facilitate SDG implementation.
3 July 2018
www.medias24.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la CEA (Commission économique pour l'Afrique - Nations unies), Vera Songwe, a annoncé le prochain lancement du fonds d’excellence pour les femmes africaines en soutien à la croissance des entreprises dirigées par les femmes à travers le continent.
2 July 2018
www.4-traders.com
Nouakchott, 30 June 2018 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched today in Nouakchott, Mauritania, the #HonestService campaign which aims to celebrate positive, corruption-free interactions between public servants and users of public services in Africa.
2 July 2018
http://newbusinessethiopia.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa is planning to set up the African Women Leadership Fund to help speed up the growth of women-led businesses around the Continent.
2 July 2018
www.gbcghana.com
The Executive Secretary of the UN Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, has announced plans to set up the African Women Leadership Fund to help speed up the growth of women-led businesses around the Continent.
2 July 2018
http://africa.cgtn.com
As the curtains closed on the 31st African Union summit in Mauritania, leaders left feeling they now have some of the tools needed to fight corruption. “Winning the fight against corruption’’- the sustainable path towards Africa transformation” was the theme of this year’s event.
2 July 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched on Saturday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, the #HonestService campaign which aims to celebrate positive, corruption-free interactions between public servants and users of public services in Africa.
2 July 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
South Africa has become the latest country to sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement as it battles with poor economic data, an emerging market selloff and trade wars galvanised by the United States.
2 July 2018
www.lejecos.com
L’Afrique est prête pour le Forum politique de haut niveau pour le développement durable (HLPF) qui se déroulera du 9 au 18 juillet prochain au siège des Nations Unies le mois prochain. Cette déclaration est de Fatima Denton, directrice de la Division des initiatives spéciales, à la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA).
2 July 2018
https://southerntimesafrica.com
THE Zimbabwean Government has thrown its full weight towards promoting development and growth of the tourism sector through sports as part of an aggressive drive to market the country as a favourable destination.
2 July 2018
www.newvision.co.ug
Across Rwanda, markets selling piles of cast-off clothes once worn by Americans have become the unlikely centre of a trade war that vendors say is ruining their livelihoods.
2 July 2018
fr.allafrica.com
L’Afrique est prête pour le Forum politique de haut niveau pour le développement durable (HLPF) qui se déroulera au siège des Nations Unies le mois prochain, déclare Fatima Denton, Directrice de la Division des initiatives spéciales, à la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA).
2 July 2018
fr.allafrica.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et l’Institut égyptien de planification nationale organiseront le mois prochain un dialogue politique de haut niveau sur le développement en Afrique.
Afrique: Les parties prenantes réitèrent la position de l'Afrique sur les migrations internationales
2 July 2018
fr.allafrica.com
En vue du dernier cycle de négociations pour le Pacte mondial pour la migration (GCM) le 13 juillet 2018, des représentants de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA) et de l’Office international pour les migrations (OIM) ont exprimé le vif désir de voir les préoccupations de l’Afrique reflétées correctement dans le document final.
2 July 2018
leseco.ma
Le Conseil exécutif de l'Union africaine a entamé, jeudi à Nouakchott, les travaux de sa 33e session ordinaire en prélude au 31e sommet de l'UA placé sous la thématique «Gagner la lutte contre la corruption : un chemin durable vers la transformation de l'Afrique».