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Le continent africain a besoin de dirigeants stratégiques, inclusifs et capables de gérer la diversité de manière à réaliser les défis de la transformation.

Addis Ababa, 04 August 2014 (ECA) - On the eve of the Africa-US Summit to be held in Washington DC this week, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has underscored that with Africa attracting major investments from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other developing economies, it is time for American companies to wake up and...

Cameroon has the resources for its industrialization and agricultural transformation. The economy’s current annual growth of 4.9% does not reflect the full potential that lies in the transformation of the riches of the country. The economy is relatively diversified with the exploitation of vast agricultural resources, forestry, mining and energy. Exports have been dominated by oil, cocoa, wood,...

Dans cette réflexion que nous publions dans son intégralité, le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique analyse le potentiel économique du Cameroun, pays qu’il compare à un guépard.

Cameroon has the resources for its industrialization and agricultural transformation. The economy’s current annual growth of 4.9% does not reflect the full potential that lies in the transformation of the riches of the country. The economy is relatively diversified with the exploitation of vast agricultural resources, forestry, mining and energy. Exports have been dominated by oil, cocoa, wood,...

Cameroon has the resources for its industrialization and agricultural transformation. The economy’s current annual growth of 4.9% does not reflect the full potential that lies in the transformation of the riches of the country. The economy is relatively diversified with the exploitation of vast agricultural resources, forestry, mining and energy. Exports have been dominated by oil, cocoa, wood,...

Addis Ababa, 04 August 2014 (ECA) – On the eve of the Africa-US Summit to be held in Washington DC this week, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has underscored that with Africa attracting major investments from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other developing economies, it is time for American companies to wake up and...

(Source: UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ) Addis Ababa, 04 August 2014 (ECA) - On the eve of the Africa-US Summit to be held in Washington DC this week, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has underscored that with Africa attracting major investments from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other...

The extractive sector is a driving force of many economies, particularly those in the developing world. In many Southern African Development Community member states, mining plays a major role in the economy.

C'est l'appel lancé à l'Afrique par le Dr Carlos Lopes, secrétaire administratif de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA).

Dar es Salaam, 31 July 2014: African continent needs leaders who are strategic, inclusive and capable of managing diversities so as to realize the challenges of transformation.

Carlos Lopes, secretario ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para África de las Naciones Unidas, asegura que la economía nacional es una de las más florecientes en el mundo y sigue creciendo de forma considerable.

Addis Ababa — The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr Carlos Lopes paid an official visit to the Republic of Angola from July 16-19 at the invitation of the vice-president of the country, Manuel Vicente.

Dar es Salaam,31 July 2014 African continent needs leaders who are strategic, inclusive and capable of managing diversities so as to realize the challenges of transformation. That was said by participants of the inaugural African Leadership Forum that was held today in Dar es Salaam, convened by former President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania and Uongozi Institute under the...

Former Presidents Thabo Mbeki from South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Festus Mogae of Botswana are set to arrive in Dar today to attend the African Leadership Forum to be held on July 31st, 2014.

Au terme d’une visite de travail avec les autorités guinéennes, le directeur exécutif de la commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) Carlos Lopes a plaidé dimanche pour une industrialisation de la Guinée et de l’Afrique de façon général.

SADC member-states need to expedite their response to the electricity deficit in the region if they are to keep pace with developmental trends throughout the world.

El secretario ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para África de las Naciones Unidas, Carlos Lopes, aseguró que la Economía Nacional de Angola es una de las más florecientes en el Mundo y sigue creciendo de forma considerable.

El secretario ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para África de las Naciones Unidas, Carlos Lopes, en medio de una entrevista concedida al diario angolés Jornal de Angola, declaró que la economía de Angola es una de las más florecientes en el mundo y sigue creciendo de forma considerable.

Sadc member-states need to expedite their response to the electricity deficit in the region if they are to keep pace with developmental trends throughout the world.