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24 February 2017
www.leconomiste.com
Beaucoup d’espoirs sont placés dans l’Accord sur la facilitation des échanges entré en vigueur le 22 février. Avec la ratification du Tchad, de la Jordanie, d’Oman et du Rwanda, l’accord a atteint le seuil prédéterminé de 110 membres de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) requis pour son application.
24 February 2017
www.financialafrik.com
Les préparatifs de la 18ème session du Mécanisme de coordination régionale pour l’Afrique sont en cours. L’évènement qui a pour thème « Appui du système des Nations Unies pour exploiter le dividende démographique grâce à des investissements dans la jeunesse », se tiendra du 25 au 26 mars 2017 à Dakar, au Sénégal.
24 February 2017
http://newbusinessethiopia.com
Preparations are underway for the 18th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa to be held in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-26 March 2017 under the theme; “UN System Support to Harnessing Demographic Dividend Through Investments in the Youth.”
23 February 2017
ifriqiyahmedia.com
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - February 23, 2017 (IMC):- The upcoming ECA-AU joint conference on economy will focus on Africa’s triple challenges of growth, inequality and unemployment, one of the co organisers announced.
23 February 2017
southernafrican.news
THE Economic Commission for Africa and the Walvis Bay Corridor Group hosted Corridor Management Institutions (CMIs) across Africa to establish a continental corridor alliance. The African Corridor Management Alliance (ACMA) is expected to coordinate the sharing of best practices and other strategies in support of the development and management of economic corridors on the continent.
23 February 2017
ifriqiyahmedia.com
The upcoming ECA-AU joint conference on economy will focus on Africa’s triple challenges of growth, inequality and unemployment, one of the co organisers announced.
22 February 2017
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
Preparations for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have reached advanced stages.
22 February 2017
www.satprnews.com
Preparations for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have reached advanced stages with the partners dispatching teams to Dakar to put final touches to plans for the forum that provides Africa with a platform to discuss issues pertinent to her development.
22 February 2017
economist.com.na
Leaders of various Corridor Management Institutions (CMIs) gathered in Walvis Bay, this week to discuss the architecture of the African Corridor Management Alliance (ACMA).
21 February 2017
www.downtoearth.org.in
The United Nations would have failed in its work if it fails to make a difference in Africa, Secretary-General António Guterres said Sunday.
21 February 2017
www.dandc.eu
The best-known instrument for measuring corruption is Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index. The index does not measure corruption directly, but rather compiles people’s perception of corruption within a country.
21 February 2017
www.businesslive.co.za
When you see the comments by Pravin Gordhan at the recent Mining Indaba and by Rob Davies at the linked Investment Dialogue, one wonders whether all the companies gathered in Cape Town were sufficiently sensitive to what our policy makers are thinking.
20 February 2017
news.abidjan.net
Le Gouvernement ivoirien, à travers du Ministère du Plan et du Développement (MPD) et du Bureau sous régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest de la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), a lancé le projet d’appui au renforcement de la planification du développement de la Côte d’Ivoire.
20 February 2017
allafrica.com
On Monday, the Ivoirian Government, through the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) and the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), launched the support project to strengthen development planning in Côte d'Ivoire.
20 February 2017
allafrica.com
On Monday, the Ivoirian Government, through the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) and the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), launched the support project to strengthen development planning in Côte d'Ivoire.
20 February 2017
guardian.ng
Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, President of Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali (CNOP), Vice President of Reseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Quest (ROPPA) (left); Executive Director, ERA/FOEI, Godwin Uyi Ojo and Secretary General FIAN International, Mrs. Sofia Monsalve during the presentation of the research finding dissemination Meeting in Abuja
18 February 2017
www.thenewdawnliberia.com
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received in audience a high-powered delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She thanked the visiting ECA Mission and said she was particularly pleased over the Commission’s timely response within the spirit of the MOU signed between the Government of Liberia and the Economic Commission for Africa.
18 February 2017
www.newtimes.co.rw
Experts have called for the formation of the African Corridor Management Alliance to boost Intra Africa Trade According to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); the alliance will play a critical role in coordinating the sharing of best practices and other strategies in support of the development and management of economic corridors on the continent.
18 February 2017
www.einnews.com
A delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa recently met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss continued collaboration between the two parties and launch the implementation plan for agreed programmes.
18 February 2017
www.newtimes.co.rw
Experts have called for the formation of the African Corridor Management Alliance to boost Intra Africa Trade According to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); the alliance will play a critical role in coordinating the sharing of best practices and other strategies in support of the development and management of economic corridors on the continent.
16 February 2017
http://www.emansion.gov.lr
Monrovia, Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received in audience a high-powered delegation from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She thanked the visiting ECA Mission and said she was particularly pleased over the Commission’s timely response within the spirit of the MOU signed between the Government of Liberia and the Economic Commission for...
16 February 2017
sdg.iisd.org
Various multi-stakeholder events have explored strategies for strengthening public-private partnerships and fostering more inclusive and sustainable mining policies and practices around the world. They include regional meetings facilitated by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to review implementation of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV); the launch of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)...
15 February 2017
www.satprnews.com
The Economic Commission for Africa, through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor management Institutions (CMIs) to establish the African Corridor Management Alliance.
15 February 2017
http://newbusinessethiopia.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor management Institutions (CMIs) to establish the African Corridor Management Alliance.
13 February 2017
www.downtoearth.org.in
A policy dialogue at the 2017 Mining Indaba heard strong endorsements from public and private sector speakers for the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) Private Sector Compact.