New York, 17 July 2025 (ECA) - Rising debt, geopolitical instability and declining aid flows are intensifying external pressure on African economies. In a briefing to the Africa Group of ambassadors ...

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 ...

Lusaka, Zambia, 15 April 2024 – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) and Afreximbank in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and ...

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 1 March 2024 (ECA) –The African share of global trade remained at less than 3 per cent, driven largely by merchandise trade, an indicator that African countries continue to ...

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 ...

State of Climate in Africa Report 2020 sets stage for “Decade of Action” 20/October/2021 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The State of the Climate in Africa Report 2020, which is the second in a series ...

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 May 2024 (ECA) – An African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM) presents an opportunity for the continent to collectively work towards lowering the cost of pharmaceutical products, ...

Addis Ababa, 28 March 2024 (ECA) - African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in ...

Achieving the SDGs could open $12 trillion in market opportunities and 380 million jobs by 2030. For Africa, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides a unique opportunity to implement ...

Sharm el-Sheikh, 14 November 2022 - The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) designed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with African Export-Import ...

17 out of the 20 countries most threatened by climate change are in Africa, but there are still solutions to this crisis ...

Addis Ababa, 6 November 2024 - Women in Africa are closer to reaching equality with men today than they were four years ago – but the continent is only halfway toward achieving gender parity. That’s ...