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4 June 2020
https://afriquinfos.com
Extrême pauvreté en Afrique | Selon ses projections, la COVID-19 pourrait pousser 29 millions de personnes dans la pauvreté extrême en Afrique selon la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) a fait savoir mercredi que la pandémie actuelle de pourrait selon ses projections.
4 June 2020
www.businessdailyafrica.com
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on May 11 suggested that there are three ways the Covid-19 pandemic could actually spark a better future for Africa. The three sparks that could light a flame include: strengthening the health sectors, rethinking social protection for the vulnerable and industrialisation.
4 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
Africa has reported 108 COVID-19 related deaths over the past 24 hours taking the total death toll to 4,609, an update released by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said.
4 June 2020
www.marketscreener.com
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today will hold its first ecomConnect Day on the future of e-commerce. The online event will focus on how e-commerce can help Africa's businesses survive and relaunch in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 June 2020
http://french.peopledaily.com.cn
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) a fait savoir mercredi que la pandémie actuelle de COVID-19 pourrait selon ses projections pousser 29 millions de personnes dans la pauvreté extrême en Afrique.
4 June 2020
https://africa.cgtn.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty across Africa.
4 June 2020
www.xinhuanet.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty across Africa.
3 June 2020
https://allafrica.com
"We are yet to know how long the COVID-19 crisis will last, but we need to set the milestones for recovery now" said UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA Vera Songwe on Tuesday June 2, at a webinar on "Rethinking the economy and academic paradigms in post-COVID19 Africa".
3 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
La secretaria ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para África de Naciones Unidas, Vera Songwe, resaltó que los países africanos deberían centrarse más en las pruebas y menos en los confinamientos.
3 June 2020
https://fr.allafrica.com
« Nous ne savons pas encore combien de temps la crise du COVID19 va durer, mais il est nécessaire de placer, dès aujourd'hui, les jalons de la reprise », a indiqué mardi 2 juin Vera Songwe, Secrétaire général adjoint de l'ONU et Secrétaire Exécutive de la CEA à l'occasion d'un webinaire organisé sous le thème « Repenser l'économie et son enseignement en Afrique post-...
3 June 2020
www.mapexpress.ma
La Secrétaire générale adjointe de l’ONU et Secrétaire Exécutive de la Commission des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA-ONU), Mme Vera Songwe, a souligné la nécessité de «placer dès maintenant les jalons de la reprise post COVID-19» dans le Continent.
3 June 2020
https://realnewsmagazine.net
THE Economic Community of West African States Commission, ECOWAS, management team chaired by its President, M. Jean Claude Kassi Brou and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, through its sub-regional office for West Africa represented by its Director, Ngone Diop held a virtual meeting on Wednesday 27 May 2020 to review the draft report of ECOWAS 2020 vision independent and...
3 June 2020
www.modernghana.com
The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) management team chaired by its President, M. Jean Claude Kassi Brou and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its sub-regional office for West Africa represented by its Director, Ngone Diop held a virtual meeting on Wednesday 27 May 2020 to review the draft report of ECOWAS 2020 vision independent and...
3 June 2020
www.startribune.com
A "new baby" was born with the revival of Uganda Airlines, the country's president announced last year. But now its four new jets sit idle, business suspended indefinitely because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions.
2 June 2020
www.africanews.com
Of course, enterprises are now operating in a context of forced, unprecedented change beyond the scenarios covered in most business continuity plans. Who projected that we would one day be in a situation where essentially everything would close at the same time, crippling supply chains? Or that a company’s workforce would be mandated to stay home, with no access to on-premise systems?
2 June 2020
https://reliefweb.int
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the virtual meeting of the Financing for Development Forum on financing and policy solutions to respond to COVID-19, in New York today:
2 June 2020
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
The East Africa Community bloc has been ranked the best integrated among the eight Regional Economic Communities in Africa, while the Southern Africa Development Community was least integrated, according to the second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019) published last week.
2 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
The novel coronavirus has impacted Africa in at least three ways: the loss of an estimated $69 billion since the lockdown started, a drop in the growth forecast and a deepening of poverty, the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
2 June 2020
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn
While the coronavirus has interrupted the normal way of life, the pandemic has created a massive opportunity for the growth of the information and communications technology sector, or ICT, across Africa.
2 June 2020
https://en.haberler.com
The novel coronavirus has impacted Africa in at least three ways: the loss of an estimated $69 billion since the lockdown started, a drop in the growth forecast and a deepening of poverty, the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
2 June 2020
www.trthaber.com
Birleşmiş Milletler Afrika Ekonomi Komisyonu Genel Sekreteri Vera Songwe, konuya ilişkin yaptığı açıklamada, kıtadaki karantina uygulamalarının büyüme oranını düşürdüğünü ve yoksulluğu artırdığını söyledi.
2 June 2020
https://ecomatin.net
C’est une vérité de Lapalisse ; la crise sanitaire que traverse actuellement le Cameroun ne sera pas sans impact sur la trésorerie de l’Etat. Dans une interview accordée à Cameroon Tribune, le directeur général des impôts indiquait déjà que le trésor public devait être amputé de 114 milliards de FCFA du fait des mesures gouvernementales d’assouplissement en direction des entreprises et des...
2 June 2020
www.digitalbusiness.africa
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique a annoncé le 1er juin 2020 le lancement du site Internet ARII 2019, entièrement dédié à une meilleure compréhension des performances de l’Afrique en matière d’intégration régionale.
2 June 2020
https://lematin.ma
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA-ONU) a annoncé ce mardi son appui à l'évaluation indépendante et finale de la Vision 2020 de la Commission de la Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO), indique la Commission onusienne dans un communiqué.
2 June 2020
www.chinadaily.com.cn
Tang said that although the situation seems better than predicted, the pandemic has weakened Africa's fragile health systems, ravaged its economy and aggravated food security threats. These three challenges will not disappear anytime soon, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa is still growing.