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In Abidjan, ECA and UNFPA take a major step towards better monitoring of the Demographic Dividend in Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 8 September 2026 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Development of Côte d’Ivoire, through the National Population Office (ONP), on Monday, 7 September 2026, launched in Abidjan a technical validation and operationalization meeting for the Digital Monitoring Platform for the Implementation of the African Union Roadmap on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Africa.
Seychelles launches RESIslands project, reaffirming its leadership in climate resilience for Africa's island nations
On 18 August 2026, the Republic of Seychelles officially launched the RESIslands Project, a multi-country, climate-resilience initiative led by the African Island States Climate Commission (AISCC), which Seychelles chairs. Seychelles is the second country to launch the project at the national level, following Equatorial Guinea earlier this year.
ECA and UNFPA to convene a regional technical validation and operationalization of the Digital Monitoring Platform for the implementation of the African Union Roadmap on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 02, 2026 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for West Africa, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Development of Côte d’Ivoire, through the National Population Office (ONP), are convening a regional technical validation and operationalization of the Digital Monitoring Platform for the implementation of the African Union Roadmap on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Africa, from 7 to 9 September 2026 in Abidjan.