Brazzaville, Congo, March 03, 2021 (ECA) – Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel,...
Brazzaville, Congo, 02 March 2020 (ECA) - Can African countries still achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? African growth trajectories and the impact of COVID19 are currently shedding...
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, over 100 million cases have been confirmed the world over, with Africa recording 3.5 million of the confirmed cases. However,...
Addis Ababa , 5 February 2021 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, on Friday 5 February 2021 met with African Ministers in charge of finance and...
New ECA report shows that tackling educational attainment gaps can uplift African women entrepreneurs Addis Ababa, 19 January 2021 (ECA) - A new report finds educational attainment gaps limit the...
1.Executive Summary This document analyses the impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions measures that were put in to place to contain the pandemic, in the ECOWAS region. It is based on a review of the...
Addis Ababa, 24 December 2020 (ECA) - “We are gathered here today to extend our hand of solidarity in response to an appeal by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) for support in their...
The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. It is causing disruption and human suffering around the world. Its far-reaching social, economic and multidimensional impacts...
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
Sans protection adéquate, les prévisions montrent que le COVID-19 pourrait tuer plus de 300 000 Africains, selon le rapport de la CEA Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie, le 16 avril 2020 (CEA) - La Commission...