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18 May 2018
www.afro105fm.com
The United Nations Under Secretary General and Special Adviser on Africa, Bience Gawanas says Africa needs to invest in corruption prevention strategies if the continent is to achieve sustainable development that will not leave anyone behind.
18 May 2018
www.afro105fm.com
“Agriculture is the quintessential sector for the transformation of the African continent and we must treat it as such,” Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe has told a wide-range of African leaders and delegates attending the 51st Session of ECA early this week during the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Addis...
18 May 2018
http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn
Proposal for China to build a pan-African statistics center could be crucial to boosting reliability and use of important information
18 May 2018
http://allafrica.com
The African Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be shaped and implemented to enable Africa to create opportunities for its citizens; spur the continent’s industrialization agenda; and ensure inclusive growth, says Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed.
18 May 2018
www.universityworldnews.com
As enrolment in higher learning institutions has been growing steadily driven by improved student progression rates and higher numbers of part-time students, governments around the world, including those in Africa, are finding ways to shift the cost burden, according to a recent United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) report.
18 May 2018
www.busiweek.com
The transformational opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area together with the measures needed to unlock them has been the focus for a High-level Ministerial Dialogue convened by the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
18 May 2018
www.busiweek.com
Africa has been slow to convert its natural resources endowments to tangible development outcomes because of weaknesses in governance, according to the fifth edition of the African Governance Report published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
18 May 2018
www.busiweek.com
Experts have called for combined forces to stem the illicit movement of money and capital from one country to another amid revelations that illicit financial flows from Africa were stifling the continent’s development progress.
18 May 2018
allafrica.com
The African Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be shaped and implemented to enable Africa to create opportunities for its citizens; spur the continent's industrialization agenda; and ensure inclusive growth, says Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed.
18 May 2018
citizen.co.za
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area would result in the largest free-trade area in terms of participating countries.
18 May 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The Nigerian Government has launched the `iGuide Nigeria’, which is an up-to-date online portal with necessary information and relevant data for willing investors in the West African country.Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment Okechukwu Enelamah said at the launch in Abuja on Thursday that the portal would greatly improve the ease of doing business in the country.
17 May 2018
https://newtelegraphonline.com
Finance ministers and policy makers from across the continent have reaffirmed their commitment to the African Consolidated Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
17 May 2018
http://venturesafrica.com
In a bilateral meeting held yesterday on the margins of the 51st Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa and the Republic of Sudan agreed to strengthen their cooperation in support to the country.
17 May 2018
www.investethiopia.gov.et
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed met with the World Bank’s Vice President for the Africa Region, Makhtar Diop, at his office on May 17, 2018. Diop arrived in Addis Ababa for a three-day visit. “The World Bank is committed to helping Ethiopia attain its development goals and lower middle-income status by 2025,” Diop tweeted after the discussion.
17 May 2018
www.businessincameroon.com
On May 13, 2018,United Nations Economic Commission for Africa published a report on public governance. In that report, the institution revealed that Cameroon is one of the African countries in which natural resources management is feeble.
17 May 2018
lagazettedescomores.com
"Faire entendre sa voix".La quatrième session du Forum régional africain sur le développement durable (ARFSD) s'est tenue à Dakar, au Sénégal, les jeudi et vendredi 3 et 4 mai 2018, avec des ateliers pré-événement le mercredi 2 mai 2018. Plus de 300 représentants de gouvernements, d'organisations intergouvernementales, de groupes majeurs et d'autres parties prenantes....
17 May 2018
www.ethpress.gov.et
World Resources Institute (WRI), a global think-tank on environment and development issues has officially launched its first African office in Addis in what it said would help to replicate Ethiopia’s proven approaches in green economy to other African countries.
16 May 2018
www.newsday.co.zw
INCENTIVES should be rolled out for financial institutions to lend to local investors to drive Zimbabwe’s local content policy, a new report has revealed.
16 May 2018
www.newera.com.na
The first concrete steps towards the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) took place this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
16 May 2018
https://techpoint.ng
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) is set to formally launch the iGuide Nigeria — an online guide to doing business in Nigeria.
16 May 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
African finance ministers and policy makers on Tuesday wrapped up their 5-day conference in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa reaffirming their commitment to the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA).
16 May 2018
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
Lack of cooperation and information exchange between countries is limiting Africa’s efforts to prevent illicit financial flows, experts have said.
16 May 2018
www.commodafrica.com
Les ministres des Finances et les décideurs politiques du continent ont réaffirmé leur engagement vis-à-vis de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLEC) lors de la clôture de la 51e séance du Conseil des ministres organisée par la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) de l'ONU à Addis Abeba.
16 May 2018
www.financialafrik.com
Le gouvernement éthiopien est prêt à ratifier l’accord sur la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ALE) et à déposer ses instruments auprès de l’Union Africaine, selon les déclarations du Premier ministre Abiy Ahmed.
16 May 2018
https://lematin.ma
Le Maroc désigné unanimement à Addis-Abeba pour abriter la Conférence onusienne des ministres africains des Finances