Business
MENA Innovation 2018: Official Ministerial Summit For ICT Innovation In Education & Digital Inclusion
PRESS RELEASE Industry and government are looking forward with anticipation to MENA Innovation 2018 which will see the gathering of ministers and government officials,under ...
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Africa’s Economic Transformation Requires a Well-built Infrastructure Base
A strong infrastructure base is critical for Africa’s economic transformation, Economic Commission for Africa’s Sylvain Boko said Thursday. Speaking during an ECA-sponsored session ...
Business
Nnewi to get Automotive Park as NADDC boss, Aliyu Jelani visits Innoson
Nnewi, Anambra State in South East Nigeria and home of Nigeria’s first indigenous automobile manufacturer, Innosn Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) company has been designated ...
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Digitization of Kenyan farmer payments helps tackle poverty
Case study by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance shows how One Acre Fund OAF, an agricultural nonprofit organization in partnership with ...
Business
African Union Commission announces the 29th AU Summit’s Online Accreditation for Journalists
The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union Commission (AUC) announces the online accreditation process for journalists and the media ...
Business
Technology has improved ease of doing business in Africa
71% of African CEOs say they are concerned about cyber threats Africa’s CEOs are confident that the outlook for business on the continent ...
Business
Ad hoc Experts’ Group meet on ECOWAS common tariff
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising ...
Arts
Trade within Africa
Tear down these walls Africa’s internal trade deals look good on paper. A pity that they are rarely followed Two of the ...
Arts
Nigeria is broken and dysfunctional, but Biafra is not the answer
By Churchill Okonkwo Whoever said ugliness is only skin deep should take another look at Nigeria from the rooftop of Osborne Towers in ...
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Business growth in Africa remains positive despite economic and socio-political headwinds
PwC’s Africa Business Agenda report shows that 85% of African CEOs (Global: 85%) are confident in their own company’s prospects for revenue ...
Arts
NollywoodWeek Film Festival partners with United Bank of Africa’s REDTV
The NollywoodWeek Film Festival (www.NollywoodWeek.com) has announced a strategic partnership with UBA’s REDTV ahead of the 5th edition of the festival which takes place ...
Business
ECA unveils inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the Africa Data Revolution Report 2016, a biennial report ...











