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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.
Invest in health: ECA trains four countries to make the economic case for health spending
Addis Ababa, 31 August 2026 (ECA) - The African Center of Statistics (ACS) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) this week opened a five-day workshop for delegates from Botswana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Togo, aimed at giving health ministries and statistical offices the tools to show, in economic terms, that health spending is an investment, not a cost.
ECA, Egypt train officials in support to domestic resource mobilisation
Cairo, 26 August 2026 (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa concluded today, in partnership with the Egyptian Tax Authority, a capacity building workshop on taxing construction, real estate and industrial sectors.
The training took place in Cairo on 23-26 August 2026 for the benefit of senior tax officials, supervisors and auditors from large taxpayers’ centers in the cities of Alexandria and Hurghada, and medium taxpayers’ centers.
Sixty Senegalese leaders armed with skills to turn social protection into growth engine
Dakar, Senegal , 24 August 2026 (ECA) -Sixty senior Senegalese officials have completed an intensive two-week executive training course designed to change how the country plans, funds and coordinates social protection — shifting it from a line item for vulnerable groups to a strategic lever for economic transformation.
Young Sudanese seek a greater role in recovery and peacebuilding
By Zuzana Schwidrowski, Director, Socio-Economic Development Division, ECA
Like many across Africa, young people in Sudan face a difficult labour market, with few formal jobs and limited access to finance and training.
Celebrating World Fintech Day: ECA and partners advance dialogue on tokenised money and stablecoins in Africa
Addis Ababa, 18 August 2026 (ECA) - In commemoration of World Fintech Day, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Africa Fintech Network (AFN), Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii), and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), convened a high-level webinar on “Tokenised Money and Stablecoins in Africa: Cross-border Payments, Local-Currency Stablecoins, and Regulatory Pathways for the Continent’s Digital Monetary Future.”
ECA supports Cameroon to facilitate access to trade information and unlock AfCFTA opportunities
Douala, 26 August 2026 (ECA). The Ministry of Trade of Cameroon, with technical support from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and its Subregional Office for Central Africa, and financial support from the Open Society Foundations, convene a workshop in Douala on 26–27 August 2026 to validate new tools aimed at facilitating economic operators’ access to trade information under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).