COM 2026: Stakeholders and partners join ECA at high level side events on innovation, inclusion and fiscal transformation ahead of ministerial conference
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 28, 2026(Story )Showcasing concrete pathways to harness data, technology and innovation for Africa’s structural transformation.
CoM 2026, Committee of Experts - Opening remarks by Deputy Executive Secretary Mama Keita
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 28, 2026(Story )"Africa is progressing in the adoption of frontier technologies but is clearly not doing so as quickly as other regions."Mama Keita said.
GiveToGain: Promoting women's economic empowerment in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 09, 2026(Blog )As part of International Women's Day 2026, ECA SRO-SA joins UN Women in supporting the GiveToGain campaign which aligns with this year's global theme: Rights, Justice, Action, For ALL women and girls.
Water, sanitation, and women’s economic empowerment across the lifecycle in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 09, 2026(Blog )Across the lifecycle, inadequate WASH services impose particularly high costs on girls and women.
Strengthening parliamentary capacity for AfCFTA implementation in Nigeria
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 05, 2026(Story )“The Role of Lawmakers in the National Implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement and its Associated Protocols in Nigeria.”
Eastern Africa outpaces continent in growth, but economic divergence clouds integration
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 17, 2026(Story )A clear takeaway emerged: Eastern Africa is progressing—but not yet progressing together.
ECA sub-regional office for southern Africa transitions to clean energy with ground-breaking hybrid solar system
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 05, 2026(Story )The Contract Close-Out Session marked the successful completion of a pioneering hybrid photovoltaic (PV) solar system at its Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) in Lusaka, Zambia.
At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts
Stories & Blogs UNHCRNov 10, 2025(Press Release )Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.
UNHCR calls for urgent international support to advance solutions for Sahel’s forcibly displaced.
Stories & Blogs UNHCROct 10, 2025(News )About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.
Togo revises AfCFTA strategy with support from ECA and UNDP.
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 09, 2025(Story )The Government of Togo has launched a national process to revise the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Framework Agreement, its protocols and the country’s national implementation strategy.