By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Access to justice for everyone in all communities is an important right and requirement for building fair and peaceful societies – yet this objective has been achieved in few...
By Pavel Rastopshin, Managing Director, ZYFRA The Russia-Africa summit and economic forum was held on 23-24 October in Sochi. In the 21st century, before conducting such meetings, it is necessary to ask two questions:...
Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, has said. Speaking in Addis Ababa at...
By Martin Hart-Landsberg China’s growth rate remains impressive, even if on the decline. The country’s continuing economic gains owe much to the Chinese state’s (1) still considerable ability to direct the activity of critical...
By Chinedu James Government apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it would further expand the window for women to access formal financial services as a way to close the gender...
The 2018 edition of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report (WESP2018) was launched in Addis Ababa on 16 January under the auspices of the Macroeconomic Policy Division (MPD) of the United Nations Economic...
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Giovanie Biha, said that infrastructure deficit remains a major challenge to trade facilitation, intra-regional trade and economic develompent and transformation in Africa. She observed...
