United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Private Sector Development and Finance. Supports member States in their endeavor to achieve accelerated job creation, sustained economic growth and prosperity through leveraging the role and resources of the private sector, promoting innovative financing solutions and creating the environment in which private sector investments for agribusiness ...
Overview - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
From ideas to actions for a better Africa. Who we are: Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN's five regional commissions, ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote …
Africa Demands Urgent and Ambitious Climate Action at COP29
2 days ago · Baku, 14 November 2024 (ECA) - As world leaders gathered at COP29, amid a flurry of ambitious pledges and somber warnings, one powerful message stood out in a moment that captured the urgency felt by many: “The cost of inaction is far greater than the investment required to build a resilient and prosperous future for Africa.”This call to …
Draft Report on the Work of ECA in Southern Africa
6 days ago · This report serves as an instrument by which member States, through the ICSOE, assess the relevance of the work of the ECA’s SRO-SA, and provide guidance for the future work of ECA in the subregion. In this regard, the report highlights key programmed activities undertaken by ECA in Southern Africa and results achieved since the last ICSOE Session, held in November 2023.
Events | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
View Event. 13th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2024) 20 November, 2024 > 22 November, 2024. UNCC - ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. View Event. Africa regional review of thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) 30 October, 2024 > 2 November, 2024. Addis Ababa.
Economic Report on Africa 2024
24 April, 2024. Download Full Publication. Amid the fragmented and conflict-prone world, Africa faces many economic, social, and environmental challenges. They are unprecedented in scale, complexity, and interconnectedness, and they impede Africa’s attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
African countries to dominate the world's top 10 growing ...
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 Africa by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).The most notable growth drivers in Africa in 2024 will be Niger, Senegal, Ivory …
AfCFTA what you need to know | United Nations Economic …
5 days ago · Exercising its mandate to promote the economic and social development of its member States and foster intra-African integration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has been relentless in its support of the effort to establish and operationalize the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) since the inception of the idea ...
Towards Africa's prosperity | United Nations Economic …
Sep 18, 2024 · Chapter 1 describes Africa’s economic and social conditions in 2022. Chapter 2 offers a comprehensive definition of the economic, political and social dimensions of a prosperity in which everyone on the continent can realize their full potential in an environment of peace and security. The 2030 deadline is seven years away.
Economic Report on Africa 2023 - United Nations Economic …
Nov 27, 2023 · The theme of the 2023 Economic Report on Africa is “Building Africa’s Resilience to Global Economic Shocks.” The report focuses on the impact of multiple and recurring global shocks on African economies. It examines how these shocks impede Africa’s prospects of reaching the targets set in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how to …