UN Chief Appoints New Executive Secretary to Economic Commission for Africa
Claver Gatete of Rwanda has been appointed as the next Executive Secretary of the Addis Ababa-headquartered UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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The Africa We Want: a Roadmap out of Poly-crises for Policymakers
ECA’s Acting Executive Secretary Antonio Pedro proposes two key actions African finance & economic ministers need to take to put the continent back on the path of prosperity in the long-run.
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African Women in Tech: Tanzania’s Ujana Wins Inaugural Startup Competition
ADDIS ABABA – Ujana, a Tanzanian e-commerce platform for Sexual-Reproductive health supplies, won the first edition of the Tech African Women (TAW)
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ATEX: Exchange Trade Platform to Boost Intra-Africa Trade
ADDIS ABABA – African countries urged to use the innovative Africa Exchange Trade Platform (ATEX) and boost digital trade in critical commodities
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Africa Seeks Efficient Statistical System to Inform its Dev’t Policy
ADDIS ABABA – African data experts were urged to devise a road map reform and modernize the continent’s statistical systems for informed
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Africa: 91mln Children Under-5 Don’t have Birth Certificate
ADDIS ABABA – More than half of the world’s 164 million unregistered children under the age of five live in Africa, according
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Leaders, CEOs to Discuss Boosting African Transport Sector
ADDIS ABABA – The Economic Commission for Africa or ECA’s Africa Business Forum is set to bring heads of state, CEOs and
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Optimism abounds as Eastern Africa’s Economic Recovery Gathers pace
ADDIS ABABA – Optimism abounds as the economy of East Africa sub, which shrunk for the first time in a decade last
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ECA to Set up Liquidity & Sustainability Facility Reaching 30 Bln USD
ADDIS ABABA – The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is set to establish a Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) that could
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Cybercrime: A barrier to Africa’s thriving digital economy
ADDIS ABABA – Cybercrime is one of the top risk factors likely to jeopardize Africa’s economy especially at this time when the
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