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22 August 2017
news.abidjan.net
21 August 2017
www.africa-newsroom.com
Ms. Songwe said with world growth prospects remaining modest at 3.5 percent for this year, and trade and investment opportunities contracting both in the developed and developing countries, Africa must continually look for homegrown and creative solutions to its problems
20 August 2017
southernafrican.news
PRETORIA – Executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, has urged SADC countries to increase trade among themselves as this would not just accelerate regional integration but Continental Free Trade Area, too.
20 August 2017
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
African countries have been reminded that they cannot continue to leave their development agenda at the whims of unpredictable factors beyond their control.
20 August 2017
www.nigeriatoday.ng
19 August 2017
allafrica.com
Africa cannot afford to leave its development agenda to the whims of unpredictable factors that are beyond its control, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said Saturday at the 37th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit in Pretoria.
18 August 2017
allafrica.com
From 24 July to 4 August 2017, the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) organized a course on Agricultural Policy for African public officials.
16 August 2017
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will launch the 2016 Country Profile of Ghana on August 21, 2017 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.
11 August 2017
www.menafn.com
Members of the newly constituted advisory board of the Africa Hall Renovation Project met on Thursday 10 August, 2017 at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa to deliberate on their role in facilitating the project's success.
11 August 2017
www.fanabc.com
Members of the newly constituted advisory board of the Africa Hall Renovation Project met on Thursday 10 August, 2017 at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa to deliberate on their role in facilitating the project’s success.
10 August 2017
http://allafrica.com
Members of the newly constituted advisory board of the Africa Hall Renovation Project met on Thursday 10 August, 2017 at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa to deliberate on their role in facilitating the project's success.
10 August 2017
www.lesafriques.com
Une nouvelle ère s’ouvre au sein de la Commission économique africaine avec l’entrée en fonction de la toute première femme au secrétariat exécutif.
8 August 2017
lemagazinedumanager.com
L’Union africaine (UA) et la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) se sont engagées à renforcer davantage leur collaboration en faveur du développement et de la prospérité du continent noir.
7 August 2017
news.xinhuanet.com
The African Union (AU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have vowed to further strengthen their collaboration towards the development and prosperity of Africa.
L'UA et l'ONU promettent de collaborer davantage pour le développement et la prospérité de l'Afrique
7 August 2017
www.maghrebemergent.info
L'Union africaine (UA) et la Commission économique de l'ONU pour l'Afrique (CEA) se sont engagées à renforcer davantage leur collaboration en faveur du développement et de la prospérité de l'Afrique.
7 August 2017
www.fratmat.info
La Côte d’Ivoire commémore, ce 7 août, un événement fondateur : l’indépendance politique acquise en 1960 et son corollaire, l’accession à la souveraineté internationale.
4 August 2017
www.businessdayonline.com
Vera Songwe has been the Regional Director Africa covering West and Central Africa for the International Finance Corporation since 2015.
4 August 2017
www.financialafrik.com
La nouvelle Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe, a officiellement pris ses fonctions ce jeudi 3 août 2017 à Addis-Abeba et devrait rencontrer aujourd’hui même, le Premier ministre éthiopien, Hailemariam Desalegn, parmi les autres dignitaires.
4 August 2017
news.xinhuanet.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Ethiopian government on Thursday renewed their commitment to working together for the economic and social transformation of Ethiopia and the African continent at large.
4 August 2017
newbusinessethiopia.com
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, on Thursday met with the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Vera Songwe.
4 August 2017
www.presstv.ir
Africa, the world’s second largest continent. Home to more than one point two billion people. From mining to agriculture and tourism, most parts of the resource-rich continent have enormous potential for economic growth.
4 August 2017
www.fanabc.com
Addis Ababa, 4 August 2017 (ECA) - Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe yesterday met with Adamsu Nebebe, Ethiopian State Minister for Finance and Economic Cooperation, who conveyed his ministry’s readiness to collaborate with the new Executive Secretary.
3 August 2017
www.iwacu-burundi.org
Un rapport de la commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique(CEA) donne des chiffres alarmants sur la baisse des investissements directs étrangers, (IDE) depuis 2015. Les officiels du secteur économique contestent ses conclusions.