ECA Media Mentions - Featured Articles
Featured Articles
Disclaimer: The Headlines provide summaries and excerpts of selected publicly available articles. They are compiled by the ECA Communication Section. The compilation is neither exhaustive, nor fully inclusive. The ECA cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports nor does it endorse their content.
Copyright Note: The links to respective articles are provided as available, but access to some of the full articles may be limited to individual subscribers. ECA has no control over external website content and/or links, which may no longer exist or be redirected.
16 February 2018
www.lusakatimes.com
Newly appointed Commerce and Trade Minister, Christopher Yaluma has stressed the importance of local participation in the mining sector to ensure employment and wealth creation.
16 February 2018
www.newera.com.na
Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia was one of the first to speak at the Nepad orientation committee meeting on the sidelines of the recent African Union (AU) summit. He said that although his country supports the AU reforms proposed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Algeria is against scrapping Nepad. Algeria was one of the founding members of Nepad.
16 February 2018
www.businessghana.com
The OECD will launch a new report, Illicit Financial Flows: The economy of Illicit Trade in West Africa, on Tuesday 20 February that examines how these flows hinder development. The OECD will use the launch event to outline plans for closer co-operation with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to combat illicit flows and will call on donor countries and local governments to also step up...
16 February 2018
allafrica.com
From the 1950s to date, a number of approaches to development planning have been adopted in relation with the various theoretical orientations of economic management. In light of the intricacy of sustainable development challenges and their systemic nature, many approaches and tools used by most of African countries are not fully adapted, notably those based on sectors or on mixed economy.
15 February 2018
http://allafrica.com
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Thursday congratulated former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for being named winner of the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
14 February 2018
allafrica.com
The electronic investment platform, the iGuide, developed by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with UNCTAD, was recently unveiled by the Investment Promotion Agency (API) of the Republic of the Congo in Brazzaville. The initiative promotes the investment potential of the country.
14 February 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
Some USD 50 billion leaves Africa each year in illicit financial flows – more than the continent receives in development aid – in a vicious cycle that aggravates poverty and insecurity and enriches criminal networks.
14 February 2018
business-et-finances.com
Dans le cadre de l’application des 28 mesures économiques urgentes initiées par le président de la République, il est prévu l’octroi des crédits agricoles et la finalisation du projet de loi portant principes fondamentaux relatifs à l’agriculture.
13 February 2018
www.ecofinagency.com
The ministers of East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) approved a cooperation partnership between East African Community’s (EAC) Secretariat and the African Land Policy Center (ALPC). This was during the 5th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Environment and Natural Resources Management held between February 5-9, 2018, in Arusha, Tanzania.
13 February 2018
lematin.ma
Les ministres chargés de l'Environnement et de la gestion des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l'Est ont approuvé un partenariat de coopération entre le secrétariat de la Communauté de l'Afrique de l'Est (CAE) et le Centre africain sur les politiques foncières (ALPC) de la Commission économique de l'ONU pour l'Afrique (CEA), ...
12 February 2018
africanmanager.com
Les ministres chargés de l’environnement et de la gestion des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l’Est ont approuvé un partenariat de coopération entre le secrétariat de la communauté de l’Afrique de l’Est (CAE) et le centre africain sur les politiques foncières de la CEA.
12 February 2018
africanmanager.com
Les ministres chargés de l’environnement et de la gestion des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l’Est ont approuvé un partenariat de coopération entre le secrétariat de la communauté de l’Afrique de l’Est (CAE) et le centre africain sur les politiques foncières de la CEA.
10 February 2018
www.mapexpress.ma
Addis-Abeba -Le tourisme sportif, qui implique d’assister ou de participer à des événements sportifs, ou simplement de contempler des infrastructures sportives, pourrait devenir un secteur porteur pour les pays africains, selon le chef du groupe sur les initiatives sous régionales à la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), Daya Bragante
9 February 2018
allafrica.com
Ministers in charge of environment and natural resources management in East Africa have endorsed a cooperation partnership between the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and ECA's African Land Policy Centre to develop capacity of EAC in implementing the AU Declaration on Land.
9 February 2018
unictunis.org.tn
Un nouveau secteur touristique porteur a émergé au cours des deux dernières décennies à l’échelle mondiale : le tourisme sportif, qui implique d’assister ou de participer à des événements sportifs, ou simplement de contempler des infrastructures sportives. Selon Geoffrey Manyara, expert en tourisme à la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), les touristes sportifs...
9 February 2018
africanow.online
Les ministres chargés de l’environnement et de la gestion des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l’est ont signé un partenariat de coopération entre le secrétariat de la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est(CAE) et le Centre africain sur la politique foncière de la Commission économique de l’ONU pour l’Afrique(CEA). Cet accord, selon un communiqué de la (CEA) est dans le but de promouvoir la...
8 February 2018
allafrica.com
The number of road traffic fatalities reported in Uganda has increased seven-fold over the past 25 years and 10 people die every day due to road traffic injuries, according to the report of the first United Nations Road Safety Performance Review launched in Kampala today.
6 February 2018
www.modernghana.com
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his call on Africa nations to wean themselves off donor support. “Africa can no longer depend on aids,’ he chanted. But is this feasible?
5 February 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
“…But somehow your spectacles don’t see very well the opportunities in Africa,” President Museveni said, addressing a day-long African Business and Investment Forum opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning.
5 February 2018
allafrica.com
A High Level Breakfast Meeting was organized on January 27, 2018, by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) on the theme Empowering Women in Agriculture (EWA) at the margins of the 30th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa. Chaired by Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, the event was attended by representatives of heads of states, rural women in agri-business,...
5 February 2018
adiac-congo.com
En partenariat avec le Moci et la Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris (CCIP), le Conseil français des investisseurs en Afrique (Cian) a présenté son rapport 2018 lors de son forum sur l'Afrique à Paris, intitulé : "Enjeux climatiques: quand le risque devient opportunités". décliné en trois tables rondes:
5 February 2018
capitalethiopia.com
Figuring how to support and promote private sector led growth in Africa was the main focus of the Africa Business and Investment Forum held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel on January 30, 2018.
5 February 2018
http://capitalethiopia.com
Figuring how to support and promote private sector led growth in Africa was the main focus of the Africa Business and Investment Forum held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel on January 30, 2018.
5 February 2018
http://capitalethiopia.com
The Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) held a meeting about the expectations of women and youth during the 30th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of States and government that is being held under the theme ‘Winning the Fight against Corruption: A sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.’
5 February 2018
http://capitalethiopia.com
The African Risk Capacity (ARC), an agency of the African Union, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced a new partnership which will see the two organizations work together to increase insurance coverage against climate risks for African states.