Addis Ababa, 23 September 2025 (ECA) - Hundreds of millions of Africans still live without electricity, relying on kerosene, candles and firewood. The cost is measured in stalled growth, missed ...

This year’s International Day of Peace urges each of us to give voice to that call. Around the world lives are being ripped apart, childhoods extinguished, and basic human dignity discarded, amidst ...

Lusaka, Zambia – 17 September 2025 (ECA) — The three-day Regional Workshop on the Accelerated Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement concluded in Lusaka, Zambia, ...

The overall objectives of the workshop were to raise awareness among MSMEs and other stakeholders on the opportunities along the BEV value chain, strengthen the technical capacity of MSMEs to ...

Figure 4: Knowledge Gap Assessment Results for Tunisian SMEs: ...

Kigali, Rwanda, 15 September 2025 (ECA) -The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Eastern Africa Office, hosted a delegation of 14 university students from across Kenya, representing ...

In his presentation, Andrew Mold, Director of ECA in Eastern Africa, highlighted the fact that, while the region continues to report relatively high economic growth, with a forecast of regional growth ...

Initially launched in Morocco and expanded to Mauritania, Libya and Tunisia, the ECA project “Unlocking AfCFTA Opportunities: Capacity Building for Youth and Female-led SMEs” aims to provide SMEs and ...

Building on the achievements and lessons of the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III), the upcoming IDDA ...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network will host a high-level ...

Lusaka, 29th April 2022 – Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a historical cooperation agreement to facilitate the development of value chain in electric battery and clean ...