North Africa

Mauritania iGuide now available to investors

Nouakchott, 27 November (ECA) - The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott on 22 November in the presence of the media and representatives of the public and private sector. Designed to provide intelligible, reliable and up-to-date information on the relevant laws, regulations, costs and opportunities, this investment promotion tool is now ready to serve the national and global investment community.

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ECA highlights the need for Africa to place urbanization at the heart of national development planning

Marrakech, 22nd November 2018 (ECA) – “Cities are the grounds for Africa’s structural transformation, and their dysfunction can become an impediment to development. Therefore, urbanization is as much a local agenda as it is a national and regional priority for Africa,” said Lilia Hachem Naas, Director of the ECA Office for North Africa on 22 November at an ECA event on Urbanization and National Development Planning.

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ECA presents new Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Africa to local authorities

Marrakech, 26 November (ECA) -The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a session on the recently-produced Harmonized Regional Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Africa on 22 November 2018 in Marrakech, at the Africities 2018 Summit.

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ECA urges local authorities to harness economic and social transitions for sustainable development

Marrakech, 23 November 2018 (ECA) - Local governments have a tremendous opportunity to engage, own and translate Africa’s macroeconomic and social transitions into their own development strategies, said Lilia Hachem Naas, Director of the ECA Office for North Africa at the Africities 8 Summit, in an opening speech on behalf of ECA Executive Vera Songwe.

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Qualified human capital, key factor for international market integration and inclusive growth

Rabat, 15 November 2018 (ECA) – The key role of human capital in the growth of Developing and Emerging Countries (DEC) within the current, transforming, global context is at the heart of discussions at the 12th International Colloquium of Rabat, taking place this week on 15-16 November under the theme “Human capital and international exchanges”.

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