ECA Press Releases
2011
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Press Release No.97/2011
Power - Africa’s largest infrastructure challenge
7/5/2011
Related Meeting:Private Partnerships in Africa’s Energy Sector
Press Release No.96/2011
Experts say development solutions get lost without coordination
7/4/2011
Press Release No.95/2011
Amidst Africa’s energy crisis, optimism abounds with public-private partnerships
7/4/2011
Related Meeting:Public-Private Partnerships’ implementation in the Energy Sector in Africa
Press Release No.94/2011
Africa can finance its own development, Janneh assures leaders
6/30/2011
Press Release No.92/2011
Janneh calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change, development
6/27/2011
Press Release No.91/2011
Africa is new global growth pole, but continent must not rest on its laurels, says Janneh
6/27/2011
Press Release No.90/2011
Aid for Trade to Africa surpasses other regions, says ECA-led study
6/21/2011
Press Release No.89/2011
African CSOs insist on deep, legally binding pollution reduction targets at COP17
6/17/2011
Press Release No.88/2011
US committed to increased assistance to Africa through ECA, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
6/14/2011
Press Release No.87/2011
Commitment and Sacrifice required to deliver Programme on Infrastructure Development in Africa - Says Kargbo
6/2/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Press Release No.86/2011
Abuja Treaty seeing mixed progress in Free Trade Areas and Harmonization of Regimes
6/1/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Regional Integration
Press Release No.84/2011
Second Phase of TIGA awards celebrate ‘ICT for Education’ projects at the 6th eLearning Africa event
5/27/2011
Press Release No.85/2011
African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation Accredits 30 Potential Centres of Excellence and 50 Prospective Projects
5/27/2011
Press Release No.83/2011
Towards a Continental Free Trade Area and Customs Union in Africa - 7th session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration aims to shape debate for African Union Summit 2012
5/23/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration Seventh Session
Press Release No.82/2011
7th CWD sheds light on gender issues in North Africa’s democratic transition
5/20/2011
Related Meeting:7th Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.81/2011
CWD urges new mechanisms, improved resources and stronger structures as "women can no longer wait"
5/20/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.76/2011
Committee on Women and Development re-launches E-network of African Gender Machineries
5/19/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.80/2011
Rescinding commitments on climate change financing violates human rights - Group
5/19/2011
Related Meeting:African Forum on Financing for Development
Press Release No.78/2011
CWD-session calls for an end to Violence against Women, presents UNiTE Campaign and Interregional Project on data collection
5/19/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.77/2011
African Women’s Decade must be owned by Africans - Musyimi-Ogana
5/19/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.74/2011
Strengthen National Machineries and make real impact on gender equality - Thokozile Ruzvidzo
5/18/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.73/2011
"African Countries are Turning the Tide", reports UN Women’s Florence Butegwa to 7th CWD
5/18/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.72/2011
Unequal access for women exists despite advances in policies and legislations - ECA
5/18/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.79/2011
Tackling illicit capital flows begins with the recognition that it is against national interest - ECA panel
5/18/2011
Related Meeting:African Forum on Financing for Development
Press Release No.75/2011
Africa raises USD$30 Billion for infrastructure each year, could do more - ECA
5/18/2011
Related Meeting:African Forum on Financing for Development
Press Release No.71/2011
"Act now or never on women's empowerment" - ECA Officials in presentation of five year follow-up strategy
5/17/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.70/2011
Decade of African women should not be a decade of words - 7th Session of the CWD reviews Banjul Declaration and discusses new strategies
5/17/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)
Press Release No.69/2011
ECA launches web-based tool to monitor progress in least developed countries
5/16/2011
Press Release No.68/2011
Low productivity in LDCs impede sustainable growth and poverty reduction, says Janneh
5/12/2011
Press Release No.67/2011
Joint Secretariat Support Office to strengthen common positions on climate change and infrastructure development
5/12/2011
Press Release No.66/2011
Mobilizing resources to accelerate growth and reduce poverty - African Forum on Financing for Development strives to propose the way forward
5/12/2011
Related Meeting:African Forum on Financing for Development
Press Release No.64/2011
African least developed countries have made progress over last decade, says ECA’s Abdalla Hamdok
5/11/2011
Press Release No.63/2011
Janneh calls for improved protection for world’s least developed countries
5/10/2011
Press Release No.65/2011
7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development to review progress and promote strategies for gender equality and women’s advancement
5/9/2011
Related Meeting:7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development
Press Release No.62/2011
Experts and Policy Makers conclude CODIST II with resounding call to invest in Science Technology Innovation
5/5/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.60/2011
African countries need to improve S&T policies and use technologies more effectively - Experts
5/4/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.61/2011
New trends in ICT could foster industrialization and socio-economic development in Africa
5/4/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.59/2011
Global Geospatial Data Resources critical to planning in Africa - Geoinformation experts
5/3/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.58/2011
In ECA’s report to member states, policy and regulatory commitment emerge as crucial to ICT progress in Africa
5/3/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.57/2011
ECA underscores science, technology and innovation policies in progress report to Member States
5/3/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.56/2011
TIGA awards indicate trends to support citizens’ access to vital information
5/3/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.55/2011
Grand debut for CODIST II as MPs launch African Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation
5/3/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.50/2011
ECA, Republic of Korea and Boston University unite to improve health outcomes in Africa
5/2/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.54/2011
Janneh calls on Africans to embrace ICTs, while governments undertake the needed investments.
5/2/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.53/2011
Launch of Institutional Repository seen as "Milestone in the access and diffusion of information on Africa"
5/2/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.52/2011
For Africa, the future of knowledge sharing lies in open access technologies
5/2/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.51/2011
Experts deliberate cyber security with growth of Africa’s information economy
5/2/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.49/2011
High-level Symposium on Africa’s Integration Agenda concludes with calls for strengthened institutions and abolishment of visas
4/27/2011
Press Release No.48/2011
High-level Symposium calls for empowerment of the media to support Africa’s integration process
4/27/2011
Press Release No.47/2011
Symposium on African integration calls for full civil society engagement
4/26/2011
Press Release No.46/2011
The role of the civil society in the Africa Union building process - High-Level Symposium reflects on Africa’s integration agenda
4/21/2011
Press Release No.45/2011
Realizing Africa’s Opportunities: CODIST II to promote innovation for the industrial development of the continent
4/20/2011
Related Meeting:Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-II)
Press Release No.44/2011
Strategic partners want Africa to drive its own development agenda
4/18/2011
Press Release No.43/2011
African scientist visiting Triangle to gain technology commercialization skills
4/13/2011
Press Release No.42/2011
Experts scrutinize ACPC agenda on climate change data, water and agriculture
4/13/2011
Press Release No.41/2011
Implementation of 2008 System of National Accounts expected to get underway after Seminar of experts
4/7/2011
Press Release No.40/2011
African Researchers to undertake second phase of Global Trade Analysis training
4/7/2011
Press Release No.38/2011
Training on Internet Governance and ICT Policy Kicks off with Special Session for African Diplomats
4/6/2011
Press Release No.39/2011
Experts discuss the need for health forecasts as Climate Change impacts persist
4/6/2011
Press Release No.35/2011
Recommendations on Achieving Sustainable Hydropower Development in Africa Announced
4/4/2011
Related Meeting:Hydro-power for Sustainable Development 2011
Press Release No.37/2011
Africa’s Climate Change Strategy to have Strong Health Component - AU Official
4/4/2011
Press Release No.36/2011
ECA collaborates in launch of Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship Programme
4/4/2011
Press Release No.34/2011
Janneh on why Afro-Indian ties should be nurtured, encouraged and promoted
3/31/2011
Related Meeting:Hydro-power for Sustainable Development 2011
Press Release No.33/2011
ECA's 2011 Economic Report on Africa underscores need for greater State role in development effort
3/29/2011
Press Release No.32/2011
ECA and the Gambia sign agreement in support of the Gambia’s Programme for Accelerated Growth and Development
3/28/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.31/2011
Discuss Africa’s development while we act, and act while we discuss - Meles tells economic conference
3/28/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.30/2011
Experts’ recommendations can help jumpstart developmental states in Africa - Observers
3/27/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.29/2011
Innovative Financing for Development Gaining Traction in Africa - Official
3/27/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.28/2011
Africa launches platform for development effectiveness
3/27/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.27/2011
Consensual Framework on Role of State in Governing Development in Africa Emerges from Experts’ Meeting
3/26/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.25/2011
UN Official Predicts Higher Growth for Africa in 2011
3/24/2011
Press Release No.26/2011
Growth does not happen by chance... It is planned, nurtured and sustained - ECA Official
3/24/2011
Related Meeting:4th Joint Annual Meetings - Conference of Ministers
Press Release No.24/2011
Experts meet in Addis to validate the 2011 edition of the joint African Statistical Yearbook
3/24/2011
Press Release No.23/2011
East African Community charts way forward to increase regional and global trade competitiveness
3/22/2011
Press Release No.22/2011
African journalists look to better news coverage of economic development issues
3/22/2011
Press Release No.21/2011
High-performing public service required for Africa's development
3/15/2011
Press Release No.20/2011
Revived African Civil Society Centre to strengthen actors on emerging development and democracy challenges
3/14/2011
Press Release No.19/2011
Reviewers of Diversity Management Study propose bringing APRM closer to the people
3/10/2011
Press Release No.18/2011
Experts challenged to produce indicators for measuring, tracking progress on sustainable development in Africa
3/10/2011
Press Release No.17/2011
ACPC makes the case for concerted, coordinated action on climate change in Africa
3/9/2011
Press Release No.16/2011
Green economy is vehicle for development not an alternative to it, says expert at ECA workshop
3/9/2011
Press Release No.14/2011
Sustainable Development workshop on the road to Rio+20 kicks off
3/8/2011
Press Release No.15/2011
Towards an African consensus statement for Rio+20
3/8/2011
Press Release No.13/2011
Committee on governance and popular participation to meet in Addis
3/1/2011
Press Release No.12/2011
Experts to review report on diversity management in the Context of the APRM
3/1/2011
Press Release No.11/2011
ECA and Spanish partner launch CREATIC4AFRICA to enhance creativity and technological innovation in African Youth
2/22/2011
Press Release No.10/2011
Committee of Experts Opens Its Fifteenth Session with a Focus on Sustaining Tourism Industry in Eastern Africa
2/21/2011
Press Release No.09/2011
Nigeria's plan to launch national ICT measurement (Scan-ICT) programme gets underway
2/7/2011
Press Release No.08/2011
Experts to discuss how diversification and south-south cooperation can unlock economic potential of Southern Africa
2/4/2011
Press Release No.07/2011
Experts from West Africa to review progress towards the attainment of MDGs in the ECOWAS subregion
2/2/2011
Press Release No.06/2011
Calling on leaders to speak out against sexual violence, Ban ki- Moon says perpetrators will not go free
1/31/2011
Press Release No.05/2011
Africa's growth must be inclusive, just and equitable, says Janneh at 'Shared Values' AU Executive Council Meeting
1/27/2011
Press Release No.04/2011
To contribute to MDGs, African agriculture needs to transform from subsistence to market systems, says Dione
1/24/2011
Press Release No.03/2011
Pay attention to global challenges to Africa’s development planning, Janneh tells NEPAD Steering Committee
1/22/2011
Press Release No.01/2011
ECA study reveals rapid growth in Africa's industrial technology acquisition
1/21/2011
Press Release No.02/2011
Experts to review ECA’s ongoing project on regional strategic agricultural commodities
1/21/2011