Southern Africa

The 24th Session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (Senior Officials of Government) (ICE) Meeting of Southern Africa

Interested in “Blue Economy, Inclusive Industrialization and Economic Development in Southern Africa”?  The ECA Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa will be convening the 24thSession of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (Senior Officials of Government) (ICE) meeting of Southern Africa on the above theme from 18 -21 September 2018 in Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius.

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“No country will ever win the fight alone”, Southern Africa National Anti-corruption Heads told

Gaborone, Botswana, 21 June 2018 (ECA) – The national Anti-Corruption institutions in Southern Africa have been called upon to put on full armors and take independent stand in the fight against corruption, as the monster of corruption appears to be unconquerable and demonstrating the tendency of fighting back, even in the countries that could be considered as winning the fight.

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Demographic Dividend with a Gender Dimension

Pretoria, South Africa, 2 July 2018 (ECA) - The African Centre for Gender (ACG) in partnership with the Population and Youth Section at the Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched on Friday, 29 June 2018, the Development Account 11th Tranche Project titled “Demographic Dividend with a Gender Dimension: Entry Points for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa and Asia and the Pacific” with the presence of over 25 technical experts representing ministries, civil society organization and academia in Pret

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Botswana is a shining beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa

Gaborone, Botswana, 18 June 2018 (ECA) –  Botswana is a shining light and beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa and has one of the best anti-corruption profiles on the continent. The statement was made today by Said Adejumobi, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Regional Director for Southern Africa, at the official opening of a 3-day regional conference on the theme, “Corruption and the Challenge of Economic Transformation in Southern Africa”.

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Africa’s railway renaissance needs public private partnerships

Johannesburg, 13 June 2018 (ECA) - Experts from Africa’s rail sector gathered this week in Johannesburg to discuss rail transport and how it can be developed to support the grand design for growth on the continent.

Addressing the gathering, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said that economic development in Africa needs an efficient, expanded, rail network and described the current condition of existing railway infrastructure and rolling stock in many countries as “sub-optimal.”

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African countries urged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs

Lilongwe, Malawi,  11 June 2018 (ECA) – African countries have been challenged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs to counter the fickleness of international investment flows. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe noted that the uncertainty wrought by Brexit and an inward-looking United States of America is intensifying the threats of protectionism rather than expanding global trade and thus made the challenge of growing Africa’s private sector more imperative.

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Experts and Anti-Corruption Chiefs to deliberate on Corruption and the Challenge of Economic Transformation in Southern Africa

Lusaka, Zambia 6 June 2018 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) in partnership with the African Union, Southern Africa Office (AU-SARO) are organising two major anti-corruption meetings from 18-22 June 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana.

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