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8 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
African countries have been urged to now implement their policies on agriculture and industrialisation in order to achieve sustainable growth and development.
8 December 2016
www.financialafrik.com
Le forum du tiers monde (FTM) était en conclave, lundi 5 décembre 2016 à Dakar (Sénégal) pour réfléchir sur comment « La souveraineté doit rester un objectif central dans la lutte pour la démocratie et le progrès social durables en Afrique ».
8 December 2016
www.espacemanager.com
La Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (Bureau pour l’Afrique du Nord) et le Secrétariat général de l’Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) ont tenu récemment une réunion bilatérale d’échange et de concertation à Rabat.
8 December 2016
www.financialafrik.com
La 11e Conférence économique africaine (CEA) a pris fin mercredi à Abuja, au Nigeria, après trois jours d’intenses débats autour de l’agro-industrialisation en Afrique.
8 December 2016
www.bizcommunity.com
The Africa Trade Forum ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with Economic Commission for Africa's Coordinator, David Luke, of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) urging participants to act on conclusions reached in discussions this week as the continent seeks to meet its October 2017 deadline for the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
8 December 2016
www.einnews.com
The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) wound up in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday, after three days of intensive discussions on how African countries can achieve agro-allied industrialization.
8 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Transformative industrial policies that are in harmony with environmental protection need not be "an exercise of cutting and pasting but should be rather well crafted and context specific," vehemently argued the Director of the Sub Regional Office for Central Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr Antonio Pedro during a policy debate on structural transformation in...
8 December 2016
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
African countries have been urged to now implement their policies on agriculture and industrialisation in order to achieve sustainable growth and development.
7 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) wound up in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday, after three days of intensive discussions on how African countries can achieve agro-allied industrialization.
7 December 2016
www.dailytrust.com.ng
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has told African countries not to allow global trade agreements jeopardise trade relations within the African sub-region.
7 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Three presentations were made during the ongoing 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja on the examining the dynamics and constraints of the agricultural value chain on the continent.
7 December 2016
http://allafrica.com/
Participants at the ongoing 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja advocated for measures that will guarantee women access to land and promote women’s land rights in rural communities of Africa.
7 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Participants at the African Economic Conference 2016 in Abuja have identified integrated solutions as key to regional agro-allied industrialization.
7 December 2016
www.bizcommunity.com
An exacting endeavour of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) member states - supported by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - has yielded fruit, with the adoption by countries of the sub-region, of model laws on telecommunications, cyber security and the regulatory framework to govern cross-border interconnection.
7 December 2016
http://lemagazinedumanager.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) a fait cette semaine à Rabat, le plaidoyer d’une intégration économique entre les pays de l’Union du Maghreb arabe (UMA) pour doper la croissance dans la région maghrébine.
7 December 2016
http://lemagazinedumanager.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) invite le continent noir à développer de nouvelles approches de politiques pour encourager la production agricole dans les activités et les secteurs à fort rendement, afin que les pays africains tirent profit de l’industrialisation des produits agricoles et de l’agroalimentaire.
7 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
A plethora of regional development bodies in Central Africa under the umbrella of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) have indicated their appetite for internalising and aggregating Africa's Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) to better respond to the needs of the sub-region.
7 December 2016
www.einnews.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held Tuesday 6 December in Rabat a bilateral, exchange and consultation meeting.
7 December 2016
www.pacci.org
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has told African countries not to allow global trade agreements jeopardise trade relations within the African sub-region.
6 December 2016
www.fanabc.com
The first sessions included a meeting of senior officials, remarks by representatives of governments and the African Union Commission, and consideration of a review of the implementation of the Plan of Action introduced at the 3rd African-Korea Forum.
6 December 2016
www.ena.gov.et
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says Africa can yield benefits from commodity-based industrialization and agro-alliance with new policy approaches.
6 December 2016
www.ebc.et
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says Africa can yield benefits from commodity-based industrialization and agro-alliance with new policy approaches.
6 December 2016
http://dailypost.ng
The Federal Government has dispelled fears that the country is at risk of an impending famine, disclosing that adequate measures have already been taken to avert a possible outbreak of famine in the country.
6 December 2016
http://mareeg.com
The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) kicked off in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday with a consensus on the need to scale up the continent’s agricultural transformation to spur industrialization and inclusive growth.
6 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Abdalla Hamdok, Acting ECA Executive Secretary, has called for new policy approaches to incentivize agricultural production in activities and sectors with higher returns, so that Africa can yield benefits from commodity-based industrialization and agro-alliance.

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