Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 11, 2017//-Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, addressed a two-day round table meeting on financing Chad’s National Development Plan 2017-2021 and pledged ECA support to the north-central African country as it seeks to transform its economy and lure international investors.
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Africa’s Top Civil Servants Build Capacity on Industry Policy
Dakar, Senegal, June 10, 2017//– The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) hosted senior civil servants from 20 African countries for a course on Industrial Policy in Africa aimed at strengthening their capacity in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating appropriate strategies to facilitate the structural transformation of the continent’s economies.
Africa Moving Ahead with Deeper Economic Integration
While some politicians in the global north express doubt about the benefits of trade, countries in Africa are moving ahead with deeper economic integration.