Central Africa

UN report urges Cameroon to urgently step up road-safety measures

Yaounde, 22 Aug 2018 (ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) – The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Road Safety – Mr. Jean Todt today unveiled the Cameroon Road Safety Performance Review Report jointly commissioned with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), which urges the country to take critical steps to curtail the number of people dying and suffering from injuries resulting from road crashes, in tandem with the targets of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.

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Key points for Chad’s industrialization and economic diversification hatched

Yaounde, 24 July 2018 (ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Chad are firming up the Action Plan for the Elaboration of the Economic Diversification Strategy of the country which they’ve agreed to hinge on the development of agribusiness; the expansion of the livestock sector with a focus on leather and meat production; and the smooth entry of the country into the knowledge economy.

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High notes sounded for Equatorial Guinea’s quest to reverse dependency on oil

Malabo, 13 July 2018 (ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) – Members of Government, State technocrats, private-sector players and non-State actors of Equatorial Guinea have concurred with officials of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) that that the country’s macroeconomic difficulties stemming from a nose-dive in oil prices must inspire it to industrialize and diversify its productive base as sure pathways to sustainable development.

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Cameroon: Experts trained to help remove barriers to sub-regional trade

Yaounde, 4 July 2018 (ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) – The Permanent Secretary of Cameroon’s Ministry of Trade – Mr. Achille Bassilekin III, on behalf of his Minister, has reiterated to the authorities of the CEMAC and ECCAS, Cameroon's concern with regard to impediments to the development of intra-community trade and the emergence of national and regional champions in Central Africa.

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Cameroon Journalists trained on use of climate information services

Yaounde, Cameroon, 26 June 2018 (ECA) - Cameroon journalists have been enjoined to take interest in reporting climate information data and services, cardinal instruments in development planning for policy makers and other stakeholders. The call was made by officials of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Advanced School of Mass Communication, ASMAC Yaounde, at a two-day workshop, June 25-26, 2018 to enhance the reporting skills of communicators on the use of climate information services in development planning.

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Groundwork laid for Congo’s long-term development vision

Yaounde, 26 June 2018 (ECA - www.uneca.org/sro-ca) – The Government of the Republic of Congo and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have laid the foundations for the formulation of Congo Vision 2047, the country’s long-term framework to build a prosperous and peaceful nation and a resilient, diversified and globally competitive economy well linked with regional and global value chains, all in synchrony with the ECA-inspired Douala Consensus that calls for rapid economic diversification in Central Africa.

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