Southern Africa

Unlocking the potential of the blue economy for socioeconomic development in Southern Africa

The present policy brief derives from a background study conducted by the Subregional Office for Southern Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), entitled: “The Blue Economy, Inclusive Industrialization and Economic Development in Southern Africa”, which was presented to the twentyfourth session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Meeting for Southern Africa in Mauritius in September 2018.

Southern African Regional Stakeholder Forum

The historic signing in Kigali of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area by 44 African countries in March 2018 and the subsequent securing of 22 ratifications in April 2019 signals a new era of intra-Africa trade and investments with the creation of the largest trading bloc in the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area has the capacity to accelerate the regional integration process in Africa as goods, and services can move freely and regional infrastructure development will be significantly enhanced.

Report of the Regional Conference on Corruption and the Challenge of Economic Transformation in Southern Africa

The Subregional Office for Southern Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Southern Africa Regional Office, in collaboration with the Botswana Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime, organized a regional conference on corruption and the challenge of economic transformation in Southern Africa, in Gaborone from 18 to 20 June 2018. The African Union had declared 2018 as the year of anti-corruption under the theme “Winning the fight against corruption: a sustainable path to Africa’s transformation”. The conference was centred on this declaration.

ECA-SRO-SA Supports the development of a financing model for MSMEs in the Kingdom of Eswatini

Lusaka, Zambia 05 August 2020 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA, Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) convened a one day virtual National Stakeholder meeting on the 3rd of August 2020 to provide an integrated and inclusive platform for the development of an effective financing model that could address the needs and challenges of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

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ECA SRO-SA Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Industrialization meets it’s 2020 targets despite COVID-19 pandemic setback

Lusaka, Zambia 23 July 2020 – The ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) presented significant achievements by the Office during a three-day 2020 second quarter Accountability and Programme Performance Review (APPR) meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held virtually from 21st to 23rd July 2020.

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STEPS profile Malawi

The Economic Commission for Africa defines structural transformation as the fundamental changes in economic and social structures that advance inclusive and sustainable development*
This definition addresses three key questions:

a) What is structural transformation? It is a fundamental and multidimensional process observed in all countries reaching high levels of development;

Harmonization of regional industrialization strategies and policies in Southern Africa

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which industrialization strategies and policies in Southern Africa, in particular the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) industrialization policy and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) industrialization strategy, are aligned with one another and with other regional, continental and international industrialization frameworks.

ECA Gives Impetus to the Southern African Regional Agenda on Land Policy Reform

Gaborone, Botswana, January 23, 2020 (ECA) –  The issue of access to land by women, youth and other marginalized groups was on top of the agenda at today’s policy dialogue on land policy reform and social-economic transformation in Southern Africa organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Sub regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA).

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