Kigali, Rwanda 18 June 2019 (ECA)- The National Bank of Rwanda organized a research day on 10 June, a platform for disseminating findings of economic studies that are relevant to the bank's operations.
Kigali 19 June 2019 (ECA) - At a time when the global trade is characterized by much uncertainty and when the rest of the world is becoming increasingly inward-looking, it's good that Africa unites and leverages the plentiful opportunities available within the continent, said Andrew Mold, the Acting Director of UN Economic Commission for Africa in Eastern Africa.
He was speaking at the Eisenhower Fellowships Africa Regional Conference held in Kigali on 14-15 June 2019.
Kigali, 17 June 2019, Press release (ECA) -The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe, has pleaded for stronger multilateralism and a sense of global community and global justice if we are to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Songwe made the plea during the recent conference in Kigali on "SDGs Implementation in Africa: Reflections on a Three-Year Journey"
Arusha, 25 April 2019-(ECA) – The African Continental Free Trade Area isn't simply a 'Free Trade Agreement' it's about establishing a unified continental market with 1.2 billion potential customers and where the private sector is a major engine to make it happen.
This was the tone from the discussions of the meeting held on Thursday in Arusha about how the East African Private sector and the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) could benefit from the AfCFTA.
Kigali, 14 March 2019 (ECA) - With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meeting for the Economic Research Conference in Kigali pledged to produce good high-quality research papers to inform policymakers and help move the agreement forward.
Addis Ababa, 20 February 2019 (ECA) – According to the Economic Commission for Africa, the United States and other foreign investors potentially have a very important role to play in accelerating the emergence of regional value chains and in increasing volumes of intra-regional trade on the continent.
Monrovia, Liberia, 21 February (ECA) - The success of the African Continental Free Trade area will depend on a range of policies to address trade, investment and industrialization barriers and the media will play a vital role to make it happen.
It is in this context that UN Economic Commission for Africa organized a three-day meeting with the Network of Economic Journalists for West Africa to make a case for AfCFTA and discuss with journalists a wide range of socio-economic development benefits deriving from its implementation.
The powerful relationship between women’s socio-economic empowerment through their quality health and education, and economic growth is well established for Africa, including Ethiopia[1]. The government of Ethiopia has made important progress in responding to women’s specific health needs, as suggested by the important decline in maternal mortality, from 871/100.000 in 1993-2000 to 412/100.000 between 2009-2016
This report is developed as part of an advisory service request made to UNECA by the Government of the Union of Comoros. The request was for the development of national energy balance statistics to bridge gaps in the energy information system, as well as for the development of a national energy systems model to support energy sector planning, the analysis of the National Energy Strategy and the delivery of capacity development in energy planning.