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ECA chief urges African-led action on debt, tax and credit reform

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[Blog] Pourquoi éliminer le mariage d'enfants est essentiel pour saisir le dividende démographique de l'Afrique

Pour l’Afrique, comme pour certains autres pays en développement, le mariage d’enfants constitue une distorsion économique majeure et non résolue. Le mariage d’enfants fausse l’accumulation du capital ...
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2025 Africa sustainable development report

The Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR) is an annual publication that monitors the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Jointly ...
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AUC, ECOWAS and ECA launch initiative to strengthen cross-border agricultural value chains between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Accra, Ghana, 20 August 2025 (ECA) — The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in close collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission and partners, has launched a project to strengthen Member State ...
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Africa leads in energy potential but trails in investment

New York, 16 July 2025 (ECA) - Africa is rich in solar energy but starved of investment. The continent holds 60 per cent of the world’s solar potential, yet attracts less than 3 per cent of global ...
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[Blog] One size fits none: how Africa is redefining sustainability standards on its own terms

IntroductionFor a growing number of consumers, the true cost of a product goes far beyond its price tag. Driven by deep concerns over climate change and social equity, and aware that every purchase ...
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African and Asian Island States Issue Bold Call for Financing Reform

Seville, 2 July, 2025 - At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), Ministers, UN, and climate finance institutions united to call for urgent action, equitable ...
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Coalition commits to Action Plan to increase private investment mobilization for developing countries by end of 2027

JOINT PRESS RELEASE1 July 2025 (Seville, Spain) – A coalition of governments, international development partners and private sector groups including the UN Capital Development Fund, UN Economic ...
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ERA 2025: With effective implementation, the AfCFTA can open alternative markets to sectors affected by the global tariff wars

Rabat, 25 April 2025 – Against the backdrop of rapid changes, marked by rising debt and global trade tensions that have cast a shadow over Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery, the Economic ...
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Africa’s battle for fair credit

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 ...
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Infrastructure demand boosts investment opportunities

Addis Ababa, 21 March 2025 (ECA) - The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area is expected to bring tremendous opportunities for investment in the continent’s infrastructure.
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Statement by H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-general, AfCFTA secretariat at the fifty-seventh session of the Economic Commission for Africa

DRAFTSPEAKING NOTES FORHIS EXCELLENCY WAMKELE MENESECRETARY-GENERAL, AfCFTA SECRETARIAT OPENING REMARKSCONFERENCE OF AFRICAN MINISTERS OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTUNDER THE ...