Organised under the patronage of the African Union Chair, Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the summit tackled the theme “Capital, Corridors, Trade: Investing in infrastructure for the ...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Global Network for Cybersolution (GNC), will host a Two-Day High-Level Webinar entitled “Advancing Cybersecurity and ...

Unlocking AfCFTA’s Potential: Building Value Chains and Overcoming Barriers to Trade in Southern Africa ...

“The AfCFTA is expected to increase intra-African trade by up to 52 percent with the removal of tariffs and effective elimination of NTBs. Yet, intra-regional trade in Southern Africa remains modest ...

Ezulwini, Eswatini, 29 October 2025 – The Kingdom of Eswatini today hosted an Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) on Advancing Intra-Regional Trade in Southern Africa through Addressing Tariff and ...

African member States have reaffirmed their commitment to placing gender equality and women’s empowerment at the core of development financing frameworks, programmes, and policies, as articulated in ...

Stephen Karingi, Director of the Macroeconomics, Finance and Governance Division (MFGD), highlighted ECA’s support to countries on domestic resource mobilization, including digital tax systems, ...

The event, hosted at the University of Eswatini main campus in Matsapha, brought together senior government officials, policymakers, academics, private sector representatives, and development partners ...