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19 June 2018
weetracker.com
Nigeria is one country that despite bottlenecks and economic mishaps, is set to join the comity of highly innovative nations in the world. Such efforts can be put in by the government, and it can also begin at the grassroots by small businesses. In today’s make-the-cash kind of world, everyone is looking to earn a living or expand their businesses, especially in Nigeria. They usually start out by...
19 June 2018
medafricatimes.com
Democratic Republic of Congo’s chief negotiator for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Floribert Kwete Mikobi, said that DRC will liberalize 90% of imports of goods and other services from other African countries by the year 2020.
19 June 2018
www.modernghana.com
Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), continue to stifle Africa's development architecture and this translates into money and capital illegally transferred across the continent's borders now amounting to a loss of some $100 billion annually.
19 June 2018
www.capitalfm.co.ke
The President spoke when ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi, on her first visit to Kenya in her new role as leader of one of the United Nation’s regional development agencies.
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.dailynews.gov.bw
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has called on governments to ensure the existence of sound policies for fighting corruption.
19 June 2018
www.daily-mail.co.zm
SOUTHERN African countries, including Zambia, should fight corruption, which is costly and impedes economic growth, Economic Commission for Africa-Southern Africa Regional Office (ECA-SARO) regional director Said Adejumobi has said.
19 June 2018
allafrica.com
Gaborone — President Mokgweetsi Masisi has called on governments to ensure the existence of sound policies for fighting corruption.
19 June 2018
www.lexpress.mu
It was a sad moment for Africa. Sadder still for Mauritius, the formerly good pupil that used to top all the rankings in Africa. Today, that prestigious place was snatched by Botswana, with Mauritius left miles behind in the fight against corruption.
18 June 2018
allafrica.com
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Benin are organizing an ad hoc expert group meeting, under the theme: "Implications of ECOWAS potential expansion and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)", in Cotonou, on June 25-26.
18 June 2018
southerntimesafrica.com
Lilongwe ‑ Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has said it is ironic that Africa, a continent with vast natural resources, should have some of the poorest nations in the world.
18 June 2018
3news.com/
The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) says it is working assiduously to ensure its new deadline of 2020 for the introduction of single currency is met.
18 June 2018
allafrica.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. He further opined that that Botswana is one of the best governed countries on the continent, where institutions work and resources are well...
18 June 2018
www.tralac.org
The Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) in partnership with the African Union, Southern Africa Office (AU-SARO) are organising two major anti-corruption meetings from 18-22 June 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana.
18 June 2018
www.tralac.org
The 24th ARSO General Assembly starts today in Durban on the theme: One Africa One Market – the role of standardisation in attaining sustainable development within the context of regional integration
16 June 2018
www.railwaysafrica.com
Speaking at AfricaRail, Howard Rosen, chairman of the Rail Working Group, told delegates that the Luxembourg Rail Protocol will save R20bn for South Africa. This assessment comes from an independent study by economics consultancy Oxera and commissioned by the Group, published today, that estimates the direct microeconomic benefits of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol.
16 June 2018
https://mwnation.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Southern Africa regional director Said Adejumobi says there is need for southern African countries to start working together and open up national borders for trade and investments to flourish.
15 June 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
The panelists from various African countries and leaders of the private sector as well as international organizations discussed trade policies, regulations, and institutions needed at national levels for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
15 June 2018
allafrica.com
Finance Ministers from East African Community partner states on Thursday unveiled their budgets simultaneously under one similar theme; 'Industrialisation for Job Creation and Shared Prosperity'.
15 June 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Finance Ministers from East African Community partner states on Thursday unveiled their budgets simultaneously under one similar theme; ‘Industrialisation for Job Creation and Shared Prosperity’.
14 June 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Inbound remittances to Rwanda increased by 17 percent from $155.4 million in fiscal year 2015/2016 to $181.9 million in fiscal year 2016/2017, according to figures from Central Bank.
14 June 2018
www.times.mw
About 24 business deals valued at over $3 billion [about K2.2 trillion] have been signed at the just ended 2018 Malawi Investment Forum (MIF).
14 June 2018
www.tralac.org
African countries have been challenged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs to counter the fickleness of international investment flows.
13 June 2018
www.daily-mail.co.zm
ZAMBIA’S economic outlook remains good and headed for growth supported by positive macroeconomic fundamentals, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has said.
COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya said here that one of the indicators of economic growth is the stability in the exchange rate.
13 June 2018
www.hellenicshippingnews.com
The African continent needs to work together on a country and regional level to put in place and, more crucially, implement a sustainable maritime governance system that will benefit the whole continent, concluded delegates at the first Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF).