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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Uganda’s innovations and value chains take centre stage at The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD11) knowledge fair

The Executive Secretary commended the creativity and commitment demonstrated, emphasizing the importance of scaling up these inventions and marketing best practices across the African continent to foster inclusive, homegrown development

The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) was marked by a vibrant Knowledge Fair and Exhibition jointly organized by the United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes and coordinated by the Knowledge Management team of ECA and the Government of Uganda. The Knowledge Fair was officially…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Africa's Workforce at a Crossroads: Navigating Climate Change and the Green Transition

The event focused on the findings of the Economic Report on Africa 2023 and 2024, highlighting the urgent need for strategic interventions to ensure a just and sustainable transition for the continent's labour market

A side event at the Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) brought together policymakers, economists, and development experts to address the critical challenges and opportunities facing Africa's workforce in the context of climate change. Organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Macroeconomic…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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President Museveni stresses value addition, expanding markets and better infrastructure for Africa’s sustainable future

Highlighting the importance of human capital, Museveni pointed out that a country cannot transform if its population remains uneducated, unhealthy, and unskilled

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged African leaders to dismantle the continent’s bottlenecks to socio-economic transformation. In his opening address at the 8th African Leadership Forum, the President cited Uganda’s approach to sustainable development and stressed the importance of enhancing local value addition, expanding regional markets and improving infrastructure. The…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Africa: Experts meet to validate report on labour mobility and free movement

This initiative is part of a wider continental effort to reshape narratives around African migration, maximize its development benefits, and unlock the full potential of intra-African mobility

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), is organizing a regional workshop in Mombasa, Kenya from 26 to 27 March 2025 to review and validate a consolidated report on enhancing free movement of persons, labour mobility, and skills portability in Africa.…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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11th Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to focus on driving jobs and economic growth

African States need to take bold, ambitious and accelerated transformative measures to improve development outcomes

The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) is set to take place in Kampala, Uganda, from April 9 to April 11, 2025, preceded by pre-events, such as the Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum. This multi-stakeholder forum will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Africa: Unpacking the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tax conundrum

Research showed that a 10% increase in broadband penetration could produce additional GDP growth of between 0.8% and 2.46%

The issue of how much, or how little to tax the ICT sector to optimise performance of the economy, improve digital access and create jobs came under the spotlight at the ECA’s 2025 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic development. In a presentation, Mactar Seck, Chief Emerging…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Togo advances commitment to integrating demographic dividend-sensitive budgeting into the 2026 budget cycle

This evolving demographic profile presents both opportunities and challenges, particularly in the delivery of essential services in education, health, and employment

As part of the implementation of the African Union's Roadmap on «Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in Youth," the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Subregional Office for West Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) is providing technical assistance to support the operationalization of the Budgeting Sensitive to Demographic Dividend (BSDD) approach in Togo. In…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Demand for training and learning for African member states exceeds expectations

Programmes were being designed in response to member states’ concerns and aligned to their development needs

The African Institute for Development and Economic Planning, the ECA’s training arm, provided training for 5,000 people in 34 courses in 2024 - more than the 3,000 it initially planned to, said its director, Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane. She said programmes were being designed in response to member states’ concerns…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Quality statistics and sustainable funding critical for effective policymaking in Africa

Relying on international financial support to produce critical information for and about Africa is impeding statistical development

Africa faces immense challenges in adequate and skilled human capital to produce quality statistics for evidence-based policymaking, says Tinfissi-Joseph Ilboudo, Officer in Charge of the African Centre for Statistics. Relying on international financial support to produce critical information for and about Africa is impeding statistical development, he told delegates attending…

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Sub-regional development banks urged to scale up financing to accelerate Africa’s development

MDBs must be empowered to mobilize long-term resources and provide more affordable financing to African economies, particularly in light of the tightening global financial conditions

The role of sub-regional multilateral development banks (MDBs) in advancing Africa’s development objectives took center stage during a high-level panel discussion held on the sidelines of the Fifty-Seventh Session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (COM2025). The event, convened…

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