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29 November 2019
www.egypttoday.com
29 November 2019: Although the North Africa region is endowed with most of the structural components of a dynamic, integrated market (e.g. proximity, infrastructures, linguistic and cultural affinity, etc.) its insufficient integration is depriving its economies from opportunities to grow and widen the scope for job creation.
29 November 2019
lanouvelletribune.info
Voilà plus de trois mois, que le Nigéria a fermé ses frontières terrestres au grand dam de ses voisins. Il prend cette décision quelques semaines, après avoir signé l’accord sur la Zlecaf (la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine).
29 November 2019
www.voanews.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said the continent's land sector is the most corrupt area — second to the police — and the issue must be dealt with urgently if the continent is to develop.
29 November 2019
newbusinessethiopia.com
Africa cannot eliminate poverty or achieve inclusive development without the participation of women, African Union Commission’s Rural Economy and Agriculture Commissioner, Ambassador Josefa L.C. Sacko, said.
29 November 2019
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
28 November 2019
levenementprecis.com
Vera Songwe est Secrétaire générale adjointe de l’Onu et Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA). Economiste camerounaise, ancienne de la Banque Mondiale et de la Société financière internationale (SFI), Vera Songwe a été classée en 2013 par le magazine américain Forbes parmi les « 20 jeunes femmes les plus puissantes d’Afrique ».
28 November 2019
newbusinessethiopia.com
28 November 2019
www.journalducameroun.com
27 November 2019
https://oecd-development-matters.org
Scepticism is never in short supply, generally speaking, and particularly in the era we are currently living through. This is often true when it comes to bold policy initiatives on the African continent. Yet I would argue that a lack of faith is certainly not warranted in the case of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
26 November 2019
newbusinessethiopia.com
Effective land governance is critical to achieving Africa’s development, particularly the continent’s 50-year development plan, Agenda 2063, says a UN Economic Commission for Africa expert
26 November 2019
www.modernghana.com
Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), November 25, 2019 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), under the auspices of the Joint Secretariat Support Office (JSSO), launched the agriculture and food security joint Thematic Working Group (TWG) on the margins of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa holding in Abidjan...

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