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[Blog] Young Sudanese seek a greater role in recovery and peacebuilding | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

By Zuzana Schwidrowski, Director, Socio-Economic Development Division, ECALike many across Africa, young people in Sudan face a difficult labour…

ECA supports Cameroon to facilitate access to trade information and unlock AfCFTA opportunities | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Douala, 26 August 2026 (ECA).

Celebrating World Fintech Day: ECA and partners advance dialogue on tokenised money and stablecoins in Africa | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 18 August 2026 (ECA) - In commemoration of World Fintech Day, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with th…

ECA calls for a new fiscal compact between finance and health ministries to transform Africa’s health financing | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 24 August 2026 — Speaking today at a ministerial dialogue held on the margins of the 76th WHO Regional Committee for Afri…

Statement by Mr. Aboubakri Diaw at the opening ceremony of the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Statement at the Opening Ceremony of the Seventy-sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for AfricaAdwa Museum, Addis Ababa · Tuesday, 25 Au…

ECA calls for a stronger, competitive and regionally aligned local content strategy in Zambia to drive industrial transformation | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Livingstone, Zambia, 18 August 2026 — The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) recommends that Zambia’s successor National Local Content Stra…

Uganda to build climate resilience in livestock, land and insurance systems | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Entebbe, Uganda, 6 August 2026 — Uganda has launched a major three-year initiative to strengthen climate resilience across its livestock, land a…

Global leaders adopt plan to help landlocked countries overcome constraints | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries concluded today, world leaders highlighted the need for stronger inter…

Kenya’s Green Supplement focusing on Tea and Coffee Value Chains | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Nairobi, Kenya, 11 December 2024 (ECA) – The State Department of Trade of Kenya in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) a…

Driving Global Transformation: Insights from the 23rd OECD Plenary on Value Chains and Development | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 29 November 2024 (ECA) – The 23rd Plenary Meetings of the OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on Global Value Chains (GVCs), Produc…

Do not leave us behind, landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), plead | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Gaborone, Botswana, 30 May 2023 (ECA) - Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) need global support to turn around their social and economic for…

Africa Climate Change Strategy nearing completion | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Nairobi, 30 July 2021 - Africa is on course to complete the collective continental Climate Change Strategy. The continental climate change strat…

Progress on Africa’s integration boosts prospects for economic transformation in Egypt | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 08 July 2021 – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could add at least 32 new trade partners to Egypt and help diversif…

ECA and Seychelles discuss conducive Energy Regulatory Environment to attract investment | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

23 February 2021 (ECA) – The Energy sector experts from the government of Seychelles, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the RES4Africa F…