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[Blog] Why ending child marriage is key for seizing Africa’s demographic dividend

Africa’s future prosperity needs its girls… Africa is home to approximately 160 million adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 [1]. They embody the energy, creativity, and potential of the continent. It is ...
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[Blog] Pourquoi éliminer le mariage d'enfants est essentiel pour saisir le dividende démographique de l'Afrique

Pour l’Afrique, comme pour certains autres pays en développement, le mariage d’enfants constitue une distorsion économique majeure et non résolue. Le mariage d’enfants fausse l’accumulation du capital ...
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Le Sénégal s’engage à localiser les ODD pour un impact accru sur le développement local

Le Directeur général de la planification et de la politique économique du Sénégal, Souleymane Diallo, a insisté sur l’urgence d’adapter les politiques publiques aux réalités locales afin de garantir l ...
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

[Guest Blog] Reflections from the 6th Conference on Land Policy in Africa: Rethinking our cities in a post-colonial era

by Liz MusvotoFrom the 10th to the 13th of November 2025, policymakers, scholars, activists, and practitioners gathered in Addis Ababa for the 6th Conference on Land Policy in Africa. This year’s ...
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

G20 South Africa Summit: leaders’ declaration

G20 South Africa Summit: LEADERS’ DECLARATION We, Leaders of the G20, who gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for this historic first Summit on the African Continent under the South African G20 ...
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Regional workshop brings together African countries to advance remittances and diaspora contributions to national development

Accra, 18 November 2025 (ECA) – The sub-regional offices of North Africa and West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with the National Development ...
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

ECA and partners to strengthen digital trade capacity for governments and the private sector, including women-led MSMEs under the AfCFTA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18 November 2025 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and the African Institute for Economic ...
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Eswatini advances IPRT-enabled alignment of national development plan with the Awaza programme of action

Ezulwini, Kingdom of Eswatini, 25 November 2025 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, and Industry of the Kingdom of ...
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Harare strengthens economic resilience with bankable urban projects

Harare, Zimbabwe, 20 November 2025 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Harare City Council and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Zimbabwe, held a ...
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Lusaka south multi-facility economic zone visit informs ECA SRO-SA strategy for regional SEZ development

Lusaka, Zambia, 18 November 2025 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA-SROSA) visited the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone ...
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Workshop on “Enhancing tax revenues through reduced profit shifting.”

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Optimiser la mise en œuvre de la ZLECAf en Afrique centrale : Tirer parti des expériences de l’initiative du commerce guidé

Cette note d’orientation examine la mise en œuvre de la ZLECAf en Afrique centrale à partir des enseignements de l’initiative de commerce guidé. Malgré la ratification par tous les pays, des défis ...