London, Feb. 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-African leaders and ECA a UN agency are putting women front and centre of efforts to drive the continent’s economic growth through a game-changing fund that invests in women fund managers and also provides technical assistance. READ ALSO: FREE DRINKS, BREAD FOR FIRST 30,000 MOURNERS AT ARAB MOI’S BURIAL IN KENYA ...

London, Feb. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is s to attend the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held from 9-10 February at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. A statement today by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Mr Gutteres is ...

London, July 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have announced a partnership to conduct a one-year pilot project to collect data on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor in West Africa. Afreximbank is funding the project The project which is part of Afreximbank’s ...

Cairo, Egypt, December 10, 2018 (AltAfrica)- All is set for the Intra-African Trade (IATF) that begins in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday with Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, set to attend three events at this inaugural African continental business development event. Ms. Songwe is set to attend a roundtable on Aligning the interests of ...

Nairobi, November 28 2018 (AltAfrica)– The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),Vera Songwe says the entire Africa’s blue economy  is capable of generating about $4 trillion annually if properly harnessed In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera  said the Commission ...

Addis Ababa, November 16, 2018 (AltAfrica)-The Economic Commission for Africa is to launch a global campaign for the “Good Treatment of Girls, Boys and Adolescents with Disabilities in the World” which seeks to address vulnerabilities and degrading treatment most of them face on a daily basis. The launch, which takes place at the United Nations ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 18, 2018 (AltAfrica)-The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working hard to ensure it becomes a premier think tank that Africa can rely on to address some of its social, economic and environmental challenges, Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said, Wednesday. Speaking at a retreat of African permanent representatives based in Addis ...

Accra, Ghana, October 18, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Ministers and senior government officials-in-charge of population in Africa met in Accra, Ghana, from 4 to 5 October 2018 and endorsed a continental report of the five-year review of the implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD).   The AADP, a key framework for addressing population ...

Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Africa needs to prepare and speak with one voice when it goes to COP 24 in Katowice, Poland, in December, Kenya’s Environment and Forestry Minister, Keriako Tobiko said Wednesday at the opening of the Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA – VII) conference in Nairobi. Speaking on behalf ...

Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2018 (AltAfrica)-The 7th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA – VII) opened in Nairobi Wednesday with the African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) pledging to continue working together to make Africa’s development sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient. Speakers from ...