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27 October 2017
www.h24info.ma
Les travaux de la réunion régionale de consultation sur le pacte mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulières, organisée par la CEA en partenariat avec l’OIM et la Commission de l’Union Africaine, ont débuté jeudi au siège de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique à Addis Abeba, avec la participation du Maroc.
26 October 2017
www.daily-mail.co.zm
APART from climate change, migration is perhaps the most critical issue of the modern times. Many young Africans are paying a high price, and dying while trying to get to Europe.
26 October 2017
http://allafrica.com/stories/201710260883.html
Migration has the potential of bringing significant contribution to economic growth and human development in Africa, says Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
26 October 2017
www.daily-mail.co.zm
APART from climate change, migration is perhaps the most critical issue of the modern times. Many young Africans are paying a high price, and dying while trying to get to Europe.
26 October 2017
http://allafrica.com
Africa's core economic sectors are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, says James Murombedzi, Officer in Charge of the Economic Commission for Africa's African Climate Policy Center (ACPC).
26 October 2017
http://allafrica.com
Migration has the potential of bringing significant contribution to economic growth and human development in Africa, says Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
26 October 2017
http://allafrica.com
Speaking at the official opening of the 23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) under the theme; "Trade Facilitation in Southern Africa: Bridging the Infrastructure Gap" Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Giovanie Biha, said that infrastructure deficit remains a major challenge to trade facilitation, intra-regional trade and...
26 October 2017
http://allafrica.com
The Infrastructure and Industrialization Section of the Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will on Tuesday October 31, 2017, conduct an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to review and validate their Report on "Promoting Infrastructure Development for Africa's Industrialization.
25 October 2017
www.newsday.co.zw
THE Southern African region’s export capacity is still dominated by commodity exports or semi-manufactured goods, reflecting a weak industrial development situation that limits the growth of intra-regional trade, a new report has revealed.
25 October 2017
allafrica.com
The African Regional Consultative Meeting on the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration opens in Addis Ababa Thursday. The meeting, which will be hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa, runs from 26 to 27 October, 2017.
25 October 2017
www.journalducameroun.com
The United Nations family in Ethiopia marked UN Day (Tuesday 24 October) “with pomp and fanfare as they celebrated the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter, the foundational treaty of the United Nations.”A press release issued by UNECA in Addis Ababa on Tuesday said key activities for the day, held under the theme: ‘Potential in Diversity’, included the UN flag-raising...
25 October 2017
www.newsday.co.zw
THE Southern African region’s export capacity is still dominated by commodity exports or semi-manufactured goods, reflecting a weak industrial development situation that limits the growth of intra-regional trade, a new report has revealed.
24 October 2017
sdg.iisd.org
Participants at Africa Week 2017 discussed challenges and opportunities for supporting an integrated, prosperous, people-centered and peaceful Africa through implementation of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The week highlighted the mutually reinforcing nature of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda, particularly on issues related to governance, peace and security...
24 October 2017
sdg.iisd.org
Participants at Africa Week 2017 discussed challenges and opportunities for supporting an integrated, prosperous, people-centered and peaceful Africa through implementation of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The week highlighted the mutually reinforcing nature of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda, particularly on issues related to governance, peace and security...
24 October 2017
www.daily-mail.co.zm
INFRASTRUCTURE development will facilitate smooth trade among African countries and strengthen regional integration, Zimbabwe’s secretary for finance and economic development Willard Manungo has said.
24 October 2017
www.newsday.co.zw
ZIMBABWE needs over $30 billion to revamp its ageing and dilapidated infrastructure, as part of efforts to implement deepening regional integration in Southern Africa, secretary for Finance and Economic Development Willard Manungo, has said.
23 October 2017
www.newtimes.co.rw
Deliberate efforts are needed to link urban and industrial development in the context of national development planning to effectively address poverty, unemployment and informality in Africa, experts have said.
23 October 2017
www.zbc.co.zw
The ad-hoc expert group for Economic and Social Council Economic Commission for Africa sub regional office for Southern Africa has gathered in Bulawayo to focus on issues to do with deepening regional integration and the prospects of the tripartite free trade.
23 October 2017
www.lexpress.mu
The ambitions are big but so are the challenges. So, the mood in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, this week, as experts met to discuss the deepening of regional integration in Southern Africa, is one of determination without over optimism.
23 October 2017
www.tralac.org
The AEGM was held on the theme, “Deepening Regional Integration in Southern Africa: The Role, Prospects and Progress of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).”
21 October 2017
www.newsday.co.zw
The Commission of African Registrar-Generals (CARR) has been tasked to address the issue as soon as possible with Zimbabwe being voted as chair with Zambia and Cameroon becoming deputies.
21 October 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
A new report launched today states that in spite of recent progress, African countries need to sustain efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and gender inequality and also improve their statistical capabilities to implement and track progress towards Africa’s own Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
21 October 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
A new report launched today states that in spite of recent progress, African countries need to sustain efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and gender inequality and also improve their statistical capabilities to implement and track progress towards Africa’s own Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
20 October 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
By 2035, half of Africa's population will be urban, compared to just one third in 1990. This rapid urbanization creates growing challenges in terms of infrastructure and services’ needs, but it can also be a driver of industrial development on the continent, under the right policy framework.