Addis Ababa, 3 April 2025 (ECA) - Why borrowing is so expensive for African nations is no longer just a technical debate. It is a question with billion-dollar consequences. Imagine a scenario, as of ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18 August 2025 (ECA) – The Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for ...

From November 10 to 14, 2025, the tripartite consortium consisting of the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...

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Addis Ababa, 28 March 2024 (ECA) - African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in ...

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 1 March 2024 (ECA) –The African share of global trade remained at less than 3 per cent, driven largely by merchandise trade, an indicator that African countries continue to ...

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 May 2024 (ECA) – An African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM) presents an opportunity for the continent to collectively work towards lowering the cost of pharmaceutical products, ...

Lusaka, Zambia, 15 April 2024 – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) and Afreximbank in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and ...

London and Kinshasa, November 24, 2021 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer ...

Addis Ababa, 6 November 2024 - Women in Africa are closer to reaching equality with men today than they were four years ago – but the continent is only halfway toward achieving gender parity. That’s ...

17 out of the 20 countries most threatened by climate change are in Africa, but there are still solutions to this crisis ...

Achieving the SDGs could open $12 trillion in market opportunities and 380 million jobs by 2030. For Africa, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides a unique opportunity to implement ...