North Africa

Rabat, 18 November (ECA) – “North Africa is the most impacted sub-region of our continent after Southern Africa, and although most of its countries are not in the low-income category, COVID-19 has made its economies vulnerable. When the G20, OECD, IMF and the World Bank meet next, we want to ask for a substantial package for Africa and make the case together for better market rates for borrowing, including for countries such as Morocco or Egypt who have already gone to the market”.

Rabat, 12 November (ECA) - The ECA office for North Africa will hold on Tuesday 17 November 2020, online, the thirty-fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for North Africa under the theme:“Recovering from COVID-19: Policies and Strategies for North Africa.”

This year’s edition of the ICSOE meeting for North Africa will take place with the participation of UN Under Secretary-General and ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe.

Rabat, November 4^th (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa held on Tuesday, November 3^rd a webinar on “Best practices on job creation in North Africa”.

Participants discussed lessons learned and best practices on job creation and what governments and other key actors can do to ensure employment policies achieve meaningful results for youth employment and empowerment across North Africa.

Rabat, 30 October (ECA) - The ECA office for North Africa, will hold on Tuesday 3 November 2020 a webinar on “Best Practices in Job Creation in North Africa”.

North African economies have achieved a reasonable growth trend and made huge progress in terms of human development in the past two decades, however, formal private sector job creation has not kept up with the rise in young labor force in the region.

Rabat, 15 October 2020 (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa held on Wednesday 14 October 2020 a webinar on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the mitigation of the COVID-19 Impact on trade strategies in North Africa.