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6 December 2016
www.news24.com.ng
Stakeholders have called for new policy approaches to incentivise agricultural production and enable Africa yield benefits from commodity-based industrialisation.
6 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Private sector small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should be the catalytic force in the industrialization and modernization of agriculture, a paper delivered Monday at the 2016 African Economic Conference taking place in Abuja has proposed.
6 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Experts at the 2016 African Economic Conference on Monday called for timely implementation of climate actions and release of information capable of assisting rural farmers against climate change impacts.
6 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share ideas on topical African development issues including how to end hunger and ensure food security in Africa.
6 December 2016
https://leadership.ng/
Economic eggheads, researchers, policy-makers and development partners are in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC). The two day conference will provide a platform for the sharing of ideas on African development issues particularly as they relate to measures to end hunger and ensure food security on the continent.
6 December 2016
www.financialafrik.com
Abdalla Hamdok, Secrétaire exécutif par intérim de la CEA, appelle à de nouvelles approches de politiques pour encourager la production agricole dans les activités et les secteurs à fort rendement afin que l’Afrique puisse tirer profit de l’industrialisation des produits et de l’agroalimentation.
6 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
A study by Namalguebzanga Christian Kafando, one of the paper presenters and discussants at the ongoing 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja has shown that there is a significant link between agriculture and manufacturing in Africa.
6 December 2016
www.humanityvoicewatch.com
Despite the promise and force of globalization as a powerful engine for economic transformation, hardworking subsistence farmers have been left behind due to insufficient skills, said Nobel Laureate and Harvard Professor, Eric Maskin during a roundtable debate themed, The way forward to transforming Africa’s agriculture.
6 December 2016
http://businessdayghana.com
Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share ideas on topical African development issues including how to end hunger and ensure food security in Africa.
5 December 2016
www.liberianobserver.com
The four countries in the West African sub-region which are yet to enlist in the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) initiative have been urged to do so to benefit from the mechanism as a tool for good governance that can speed up their developments, a press release said yesterday.
5 December 2016
www.liberianobserver.com
The four countries in the West African sub-region which are yet to enlist in the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) initiative have been urged to do so to benefit from the mechanism as a tool for good governance that can speed up their developments, a press release said yesterday.
5 December 2016
www.bellanaija.com
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has reassured Nigerians that there will be no famine due to the massive food production in the country.
5 December 2016
http://aip.ci
Trois cents chercheurs, responsables de politiques et partenaires de développement prennent part ce lundi à Abuja, au Nigéria, à la 11ème Conférence économique africaine (CEA), en vue d’échanger des idées sur les enjeux actuels du développement en Afrique, et notamment sur la façon de vaincre la faim et d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire sur le continent.
5 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
The inaugural Africa Trade Week ended Friday in Addis Ababa with the Economic Commission for Africa's Principal Economic Adviser, Joseph Atta-Mensah, urging the ECA and its partners to continue to empower African Member States in the art of trade negotiations as the continent strives to achieve sustainable development leading to inclusive economic growth and poverty eradication.
5 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
African governments should intensify the production of land data and statistics to aid their decision-making processes as the continent seeks to end poverty and inequality, an expert group meeting on Land Policy in Africa recently recommended.
5 December 2016
www.webmanagercenter.com
La Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (Bureau pour l’Afrique du Nord) et l’Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) ont tenu aujourd’hui à Rabat (Maroc), la troisième réunion de concertation du Mécanisme Sous Régional de Coordination (MSRC) pour l’Afrique du Nord.
5 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organising a twin set of policy debates to begin mapping out pathways for structural transformation in Central Africa, notably in Gabon (8 December 2016 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Libreville) and in the Republic of Congo (15 December 2016 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Brazzaville).
5 December 2016
http://allafrica.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), held today in Rabat, Morocco the third meeting of the Sub Regional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for North Africa.
5 December 2016
http://news.abidjan.net
Trois cents chercheurs, responsables de politiques et partenaires de développement prennent part ce lundi à Abuja, au Nigéria, à la 11ème Conférence économique africaine (CEA), en vue d’échanger des idées sur les enjeux actuels du développement en Afrique, et notamment sur la façon de vaincre la faim et d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire sur le continent.
5 December 2016
http://lematin.ma
C’est hier qu’ont démarré, au Nigeria, les travaux de la onzième Conférence économique africaine. Quelque 300 personnes participent à cette rencontre annuelle co-organisée par la BAD (Banque africaine de développement), le PNUD (Programme des Nations unies pour le développement) et la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (CEA). Organisée sur le thème «Nourrir l’Afrique : vers...
5 December 2016
http://malijet.com
Le Forum du commerce africain s'est clôturé ce mercredi à Addis-Abeba, avec le Coordinateur de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique, David Luke, demandant aux participants d'agir sur les conclusions des discussions de cette semaine étant donné que le continent compte respecter le délai imparti d'octobre 2017 pour la mise en œuvre de la Zone de libre-échange continentale.
5 December 2016
http://guardian.ng
For the umpteenth time, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has reiterated that active participation in intra-African trade will foster resilience in the region’s economies.
5 December 2016
http://allafrica.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.
5 December 2016
www.today.ng
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the sum of $600 million to support the Nigerian economic governance.
5 December 2016
http://mareeg.com
Hinged on on-going macroeconomic policy work by the Commission, the objective of Libreville debate is to debate on priority actions to be made to valorise tropical timber to leverage structural transformation in Gabon.