Harare, Zimbabwe, 29 May 29, 2025 (ECA) - In many parts of Africa, lacking legal identity means being shut out of the system, unable to access healthcare, attend school, secure a job or claim legal ...

Harare, Zimbabwe, 27 May 2025 (ECA) – Hundreds of millions of people in Africa lack legal documentation, leaving migrants particularly vulnerable. Without proof of identity, they face exclusion from ...

Cape Town, 21 May 2025 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for urgent reforms to sovereign credit rating practices that continue to undermine African countries’ ...

Cape Town, 20 May 2025 - African policymakers are stepping up calls for greater transparency and fairness in how global credit rating agencies assess sovereign risk, warning that opaque and ...

Cotonou (Benin), 16 May 2025 (ECA) — The WSIS+20 Africa Regional Review Meeting, held in Cotonou from 14 to 16 May 2025, concluded by adopting the Cotonou Declaration calling for the continuation of ...

FIRST AFRICAN UNION DEBT CONFERENCE Theme: Africa’s Public Debt Management Agenda in Restoring and Safeguarding Debt Sustainability Opening Remarks By Mr. Claver Gatete United Nations ...

Addis Ababa, 12 May 2025 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Google are deepening their collaboration to help unlock the promise of digital transformation in the ...

Addis Ababa, 6 May 2025 – The Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS) hosted a well-attended seminar at the UNECA Limpopo Library under the theme “Knowledge Transfer and Retirement ...

New York, 29 April 2025 - “With the Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) in Seville, Spain, just two months away, Africa has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rewrite the rules of ...

Washington, DC - 28 April 2025 (ECA) - The 2025 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group have been an opportunity for Africa to come face to face with the realities ...

Yaoundé, 28 April 2025 (ECA) – National and international experts from the government, the private sector and development partners will meet in Bangui on the 6 and 7 May 2025 to validate a report ...

Your Excellency, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of the Republic of ...