Southern Africa

MSMEs top the agenda at the 25th ICSOE of Southern Africa to be hosted by the Kingdom of Eswatini

Ezulwini, Eswatini, 9 September 2019 (ECA) – The 25th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) of Southern Africa on the theme “Strategies and Policies for the Integration of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Industrialization Process in Southern Africa ” begins tomorrow, with the key note address by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini, His Excellency, Ambrose Dlamini in the presence of the Hon Minister Manqoba Khumalo, the UN Resident Coordinator for Eswatini Ms Nathalie Ndongo-She and the Executive Secretary of SAD

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Experts give “thumbs-up” to Harmonised Framework of the New Urban Agenda

Addis Ababa, June 28, 2019 (ECA) - Experts from selected member States of Eastern and Southern Africa gathered in Lusaka, Zambia from 27-28 June 2019 in a capacity development workshop to deliberate on the Harmonised Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting Framework of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) for Africa. 

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Zimbabwe poised for AfCFTA gains

Harare, Zimbabwe, June 19, 2019 (ECA) –  “Zimbabwe, having the second largest platinum and chrome deposits and 5th largest lithium in the world can attract investment capital across the Continent as the barriers to free trade and investments are deconstructed through the AfCFTA,” said Said Adejumobi, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Regional Director for Southern Africa.

He made the remarks at the start of a two-day National Forum on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Zimbabwe on June 19, 2019. 

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Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism for Eastern and Southern Africa Commit to Support the AfCFTA and Industrialization in the two regions- Eastern and Southern Africa

Livingstone, Zambia, 13 June 2019 (UN, RECs & IGOs) – The 2019 Annual Stakeholders’ Meeting on the Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for Eastern and Southern Africa  adopt outcome statement to take measures to reposition themselves in the realisation of both Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030.

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Zimbabwe’s National Consultative Forum on the African continental free trade area slated for 19 June

Lusaka, Zambia, 12 June 2019 (MoFAIT, AUC, ECA & ATPC) –  Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa Office for Southern Africa (ECA-SA), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) will jointly hold the national consultative forum on; ‘The African continental free trade area: Developing a National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy for Zimbabwe’ from 19th to 20th June, 2019.

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