The Eleventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of the ...

Prior to his appointment as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Mr. Gatete was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations in ...

The objective of this section is to strengthen the capacity of member States to design, implement and monitor policies to promote sustainable urbanization that drives inclusive economic growth and ...

Focuses on improving the production, dissemination, and use of high-quality and comparable data and statistics in Africa to support evidence-based policymaking, planning, implementation, monitoring ...

The Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum is convened to provide a venue for facilitating interaction, matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant stakeholders ...

Urbanization on the African continent represents a megatrend. By 2050, the percentage of people living in urban areas is predicted to rise from 47% in 2000 to around 60%. With an average annual urban ...

African cities and localities are playing a growing role in the region’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Agenda 2063 of the AU. Sub-national governments are undertaking ...

An outcome of the first earth conference, the UNFCCC 1992 World Summit on Sustainable Development, also referred to as the Rio Earth Summit, “Our Common Future” was characterized by shared concerns ...

I am delighted to be in the Kingdom of Eswatini for the Third Kofi Annan Road Safety Award. Let me at the outset thank His Majesty King Mswati III and the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini for ...

Chief Ndlaluhlaza NDWANDWE, Minister for Public Works and Transport, Kingdom of Eswatini, Mr. Thulani MKHALIPHI: Principal Secretary, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Kingdom of Eswatini, Mr.