At the opening of the 9th Africa Business Forum today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and…
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UN Agency Releases Africa Sovereign Credit Rating Report
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), announces the publication…
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Reparations for Africans Must Transform the Systems that Still Limit Africa’s Future
By Claver Gatete – Africa entered 2025 with a historic opportunity. For the first time, the African Union has placed…
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Workshop reflects on economic transformation in Southern, Eastern Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-regional Offices for Eastern (SRO-EA) and Southern Africa (SRO-SA) opened a three-day…
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Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana launch agricultural value chain
The new initiative that focuses on Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to boost intra-regional trade in agricultural goods and aimed at…
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Africa told to unite amid debt crisis, donor retreat
Rising debt, geopolitical instability and declining aid flows are intensifying external pressure on African economies.
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UN agency supports Africa’s call for global financial reform
At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), African countries made a strong case for overhauling the global…
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Africa advised to establish its own credit rating ecosystem
African countries should be active architects of their own credit narratives by establishing an African credit rating ecosystem, said Claver…
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Africa told to prioritize job creation
With over 10 to 12 million young Africans entering the workforce annually, but only around 3 million formal jobs created…
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UNECA, FAO partner to promote sustainable agriculture in Africa
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
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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 at the…
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Ethiopia expects $5 billion annually from tourism
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – Ethiopia’s tourism could contribute over $5 billion annually to GDP, with international arrivals exceeding 2…
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