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UN leaders and the African Union agreed at a meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 March to join together to respond to the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry in Africa is facing in strengthening the local production of essential medicines and moving the continent towards sustainability of treatment programmes for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

UN leaders and the African Union agreed at a meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 March to join together to respond to the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry in Africa is facing in strengthening the local production of essential medicines and moving the continent towards sustainability of treatment programmes for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, urged African countries to prioritize renewable energy and develop leap-frogging capability to ensure that Africa does not make the same mistakes as developed countries deed in their industrialisation process.

L’Institut Amadeus organisera à Rabat, les 24 et 25 avril, la 2ème édition de la Global Growth Conférence (GGC). Une édition entièrement consacrée à la thématique globale des enjeux de l’émergence économique du continent africain. Attractivité économique, financement des infrastructures, bancarisation et inclusion financière, énergies renouvelables et croissance verte, sécurité alimentaire,...

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia has urged African governments to embrace good governance as an imperative for building strong and dynamic economies.

ABUJA, Nigeria 31 March, 2014 (ECA) - The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, urged African countries to prioritize renewable energy and develop leap-frogging capability to ensure that Africa does not make the same mistakes as developed.

LIBREVILLE, 28 mars (Infosplusgabon) - Le secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Dr Carlos Lopes, prône une réforme des banques centrales africaines afin qu’elles puissent appuyer l’industrialisation et la transformation, lors du sommet des gouverneurs des banques centrales africaines tenu ce jeudi à Abuja, la capitale fédérale du Nigeria.

[ECA]Abuja -Dr. Sarah Alade, Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. Honourable Governors. Distinguish Representative of international financial institutions

WorldStage Newsonline-- United Nations' Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson has assured that the United Nations will tighten the noose on terrorism funding, following the concern raised by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria that Boko Haram is financed by forces outside the country.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has put Foreign Direct Investment into the continent as at 2012 at $50billion.

The United Nations’ Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, yesterday said that the UN would tighten the loop on terrorism funding in Africa.

ABUJA – The UNAIDS Executive Director, Mr Michel Sidibe, has called for production of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs in Africa.

African countries are holding cash reserves outside the continent totalling nearly $200 billion, which they fear to invest locally owing to rising risks.

The UN under Secretary-General Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes has challenged African countries to scale up positive policies that will lead wealth creation, particularly for the growing young population, if the demographic dividend is to be reaped and transform its economies into vibrant industrial growth poles.

Le ministre délégué chargé du budget, Driss El Azami El Idrissi, a pris part, samedi à Abuja, aux travaux de la septième réunion annuelle conjointe de la Conférence des ministres africains des finances, de la planification et du développement économique de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) et de l'Union africaine (UA).

African leaders and key multilateral organizations are strengthening and broadening support for the local production of essential medicines on the continent. This was one of the key outcomes of the Seventh Joint African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic...

President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia has called for the creation of more job opportunities for the teeming youths in Africa. Johnson made the call at the 7th Joint Annual Meeting of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Ministers of Finance in Abuja on Saturday.

he Seventh Joint Annual Conference of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance took place in Abuja, Nigeria, 27-31 March 2014. Mark Swilling was invited to deliver a keynote address to a Side Event hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa to address the theme...

Abuja, March 29, 2014 (NAN) President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia has called for the creation of more job opportunities for the teeming youths in Africa.

The UNAIDS Executive Director, Mr Michel Sidibe, has called for production of antiretroviral drugs in Africa.