Sevilla, Spain, 30 June 2025 – The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an ...

The 7 th AGSF will function as a continental user-producer dialogue between high level officials and experts who are involved in the day-to-day production and use of gender statistics. It provides an ...

Due to various global crises and their subsequent socio-economic implications, governments across Africa face unprecedented challenges to mobilize the resources required to support economic recovery ...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Abstracts • Organized Session Proposals. Scholars Program Applications • Travel Funding Applications. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the Global ...

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Lusaka, Zambia, 12 June 2025 (ECA) – The Permanent Secretary, Zambia Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MCTI), Mrs Lillian Bwalya said, the workshop takes place at a pivotal moment as Africa ...

Dar es Salaam, 9 June 2025 (ECA) — More than 1,000 delegates from across the continent and beyond gathered in Dar es Salaam from 29 to 31 May for the 14th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), a ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone | 10–13 June 2025. The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the United Nations ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 27 May 2025 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) convened a Regional Dialogue on ...

Cape Town, 21 May 2025 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for urgent reforms to sovereign credit rating practices that continue to undermine African countries’ ...

Cape Town, 20 May 2025 - African policymakers are stepping up calls for greater transparency and fairness in how global credit rating agencies assess sovereign risk, warning that opaque and ...

Prior to his appointment as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Mr. Gatete was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations in ...