Agricultural value chains for a crisis-driven world
By Pamela Coke-Hamilton – Seven years after the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and…
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African experts advised to redefine prosperous future
Ahead of the 2025 Conference of Ministers, a three-day meeting of Experts closed with the Economic Commission for…
Africa urged to scale up development financing
The role of sub-regional multilateral development banks (MDBs) in advancing Africa’s development objectives took center stage during a…
Africa told to ease Africans free movement to realize AfCFTA
By ANWAR HUSSEN MOHAMMED – In order to implement African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr. Antonio Pedro…
Africa advised to accelerate intra-continental trade
Africa – rich in critical minerals – is advised to accelerate intra-continental trade and harness its natural resources…
African Development Fund provides €44 million for Chad road construction
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved grants worth €44.16 million to Chad on…
Cote d’Ivoire joins Arab-Africa Trade Bridges
The Arab Africa Trade Bridges Program (AATB) General Secretariat announced the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire as a new…
UN special envoy visits Ethiopia
As political tension between Ethiopia and neighboring Somalia mounts, the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador…
Experts call for African carbon market establishment
If fully implemented, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will considerably increase African trade without adding significant…
Renewable energy investment key to drive Africa’s industrialisation, trade
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – Africa should harness investment and tapping vast green energy resources to drive sustainable…
Cairo hosted high-level business roadshow on intra-African trade
The African Export-Import Bank in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Continental Free Trade Area…
Africa urged to accelerate AfCFTA full implementation
Africa should accelerate the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area while creating a conducive business…
Infrastructure investment accelerates AfCFTA implementation
Africa should promote supportive policies and infrastructure development to attract green investment and boost trade through the African…
UN agency supports Benin to develop AfCFTA national strategy
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, is supporting Benin…
African enterprises set to expand business engagements
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in close collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, United…
Effective AfCFTA implementation will boost Africa’s economy
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Antonio Pedro, has urged African nations to accelerate…
Africa needs pro-poor, inclusive recovery efforts
Following the multiple financial, health, and climate crises affecting Africa, countries should accelerate inclusive recovery efforts to boost…
UN agency affirms support for Ethiopia’s trade policy agenda
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – a think tank with specialist expertise in African and international…
How AfCFTA drives Africa’s industrialization
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will spur Africa’s industrialisation and deepen…
ATEX set to boost intra-Africa trade
African countries should use the innovative Africa Exchange Trade Platform (ATEX) and boost digital trade in critical commodities…
Five reasons for American companies to do business in Ethiopia
By Melkamu L. Atnafu-With a population of around 120 million, Ethiopia has a sizable domestic market and is…
ECA launches Francophone African journalists network
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched a network for Francophone African journalists, dubbed “AfCFTA Media Network”,…
UNECA boss stepped down after five years
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Vera Songwe, has stepped down,…
AfCFTA-anchored Pharma Initiative holds consultative meeting
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s led AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative held a virtual induction meeting for…
African countries advised to speed airline liberalization deal
African countries, which signed single African air transport market agreement to liberalize air transport of the continent, are…
Panel in Dakar discusses on future of health in Africa
A panel discussion is held on the future of health in Africa and economic resilience by the members…
UN agency launches AfCFTA Country Business Index Report
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) unveiled today the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Country Business…
Africa’s transport sector benefits from free trade area
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to increase intra-African trade in transport services by nearly 50%,…
Cabo Verde joins African free trade area
The Republic of Cabo Verde today joins the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) becoming the 41st State…
UN agency to host Africa Business Forum in Ethiopia
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is pleased to announce that it will host, along with its…