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22 June 2018
www.modernghana.com
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has rallied Africans to have a 'can-do mindset' and work together to drive the continent's economic transformation agenda.
22 June 2018
http://www.jeuneafrique.com
Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique de l’ONU pour l’Afrique, cette Camerounaise se distingue par son volontarisme en matière de lutte contre la pauvreté.
22 June 2018
www.lenouveaugabon.com
Un grand pas vers le libre-échange commercial en Afrique centrale vient d’être franchi. Notamment, avec le lancement d’une série de formations des opérateurs économiques et des Comités nationaux d’agrément des produits industriels au Tarif préférentiel CEEAC-CEMAC de huit pays de la sous-région.
22 June 2018
www.sweetmelodiesfm.com
Botswana is a shining light and beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa and has one of the best anti-corruption profiles on the continent. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Regional Director for Southern Africa, Said Adejumobi noted.
22 June 2018
africabusinesscommunities.com
Botswana is a shining light and beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa and has one of the best anti-corruption profiles on the continent. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Regional Director for Southern Africa, Said Adejumobi noted.
21 June 2018
www.maravipost.com
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will chair a new panel to drive the transformation of Africa’s economies, it was announced at a major financial summit in Accra this week. The African Transformation Leadership Panel will focus particularly on opportunities for women and young people in its efforts to reform Africa’s economies, said Dr K.Y. Amoako of the African Centre for Economic...
21 June 2018
www.infosplusgabon.com
Yaoundé accueille, depuis lundi, une formation des journalistes sur l’intégration des informations et services climatiques dans les processus de planification et développement économique, apprend-on des organisateurs, ce jeudi à Cotonou.
21 June 2018
www.infosplusgabon.com
L'ancienne présidente du Liberia, Mme Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a été désignée pour présider le nouveau Panel ayant pour mission de piloter la transformation des économies africaines, annonce, jeudi, un communiqué.
20 June 2018
www.eventindustrynews.com
ECA Conference Center (ECA-CC) is just 10 minutes’ drive from Bole International Airport that has air links to more than 100 cities worldwide. ECA-CC is situated right next to various three-to-five star hotels and the historic AFRICA HALL as well as the offices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and other specialized UN agencies.
20 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is proud to announce the 2018 intake of selected Ibrahim Leadership Fellows, who will make up the programme’s sixth cohort. The incoming Fellows are Valeria Bempomaah Mensah (Ghana) who will join the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Zukiswa Mqolomba (South Africa) who will join the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ines Ayari (Tunisia) who will...
20 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
The ECA Office for North Africa will organise on 26-27 June in Rabat, Morocco a sub-regional meeting on SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) implementation in North Africa.
20 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
A high-level mission comprising representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), led by the Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr. Dimitri Sanga, visited Dakar, Senegal from June 18 to 21.
20 June 2018
https://africanmanager.com
Le Kenya travaillera avec la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) afin de protéger et de développer des innovations technologiques provenant d’entreprises naissantes (start-up) et de débloquer des fonds de pension pour le développement du pays, déclare aujourd’hui, le Président Uhuru Kenyatta.
20 June 2018
www.exchange.co.tz
President Uhuru Kenyatta has met with the Executive Secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Vera Songwe where the two have committed to protect and grow start-up tech innovations and to unlock pension funds to deploy in developing the country.
20 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
A high-level mission comprising representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), led by the Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr. Dimitri Sanga, visited Dakar, Senegal from June 18 to 21. The mission, organized on the initiative of...
20 June 2018
www.malawianwatchdog.com
Former Liberian president, Amos Sawyer, has decried high levels of corruption in executive arms of African governments, saying the development thwarts progress.
20 June 2018
www.times.mw
Former Liberian president, Amos Sawyer, has decried high levels of corruption in executive arms of African governments, saying the development thwarts progress.
20 June 2018
www.liberianobserver.com
The chairman of Liberia’s Governance Commission (GC), Dr. Amos C. Sawyer has called on all African nations to support the fight against corruption so as to ensure that the continent succeeds in overcoming the extreme state of poverty which still remains a nightmare haunting the continent’s population.
20 June 2018
www.kassfm.co.ke
NAIROBI, 19th June 2018, (PSCU)—Kenya will work with the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to protect and grow start-up tech innovations and to unlock pension funds to deploy in developing the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta said today.
20 June 2018
Estudos revelam que 53% dos países da Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento Austral (SADC) têm baixos níveis de corrupção e 20% têm classificação média. Significa que 73% dos Estados-membros da organização estão no caminho certo.
19 June 2018
www.kbc.co.ke
Kenya will work with the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to protect and grow start-up tech innovations and to unlock pension funds to deploy in developing the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta said Tuesday.
19 June 2018
www.plenglish.com
The African Union (AU) discusses today strategies to boost services sector in the continent, due to the positive impact it would have on economies of the continent, it was known here today.
19 June 2018
allafrica.com
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has called on governments to ensure the existence of sound policies for fighting corruption.
19 June 2018
www.businessdayonline.com
Similar to large parts of Africa jumping to mobile/phone-based Internet instead of using fixed-line access first, African railway operators should have been called upon to build systems that make use of the recent advances in technology from the onset, , so says Henning Seeschaaf, senior venture architect, Deutsche Bahn (DB).