The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is set to launch tomorrow Africa’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Centre in…
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ECA concludes training for women in data and statistics
Today marked the end of the Women into a leadership training program organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa…
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Interactive report shows Africa’s growing hunger crisis
A new, interactive digital report launched today shows that the number of hungry people in Africa continues to rise, spurred…
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ECA to scale up assistance on poverty, vulnerability reduction
African policymakers have recommended strategic policy mandates for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to support member States…
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ECA model biodiversity project takes root
The second anniversary of the “Nature-based Solutions for Water Resources Infrastructure and Community Resilience in Ethiopia” project was marked yesterday…
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ECA, ICC launch centre of entrepreneurship in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Chamber of Commerce have jointly launched Centres of Entrepreneurship in Africa, under…
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Remittance to Africa projected to decrease in 2021
Remittances to African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from $44 billion in 2020 to a projected total…
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Report unveils key factors for successful job creation in Africa
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and NKC African Economics (an Oxford Economics company) launched today a joint report…
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ECA emphasizes criticality of private sector investment
The criticality of private sector energy generation investments in Africa to attain the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 was emphasized…
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Africa may not meet SDG7 targets – UN study
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday 22 June 2021 unveiled findings of a study titled “Energy Prices in…
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ECA commends Ethiopia’s strides in digitizing logistics
“Digitalization of logistics will be critical to match the demand and supply of transport services, thereby reducing the time and…
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ECA’s Songwe echoes Africa’s expectation from G7 summit
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) including the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the…
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ECA engages media in data production, sharing
The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday hosted a webinar on the…
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Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key for Africa’s recovery
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it will continue to work closely with its member States, the…
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