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ECA projects slow global GDP growth in 2024

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will experience slow growth from 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024. Mr Adam Elhiraika, Director, Macroeconomics and Governance Division of ECA, said this…

ECA, AfDB express concern over rising debt

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, and the Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the Economic Com mission for Africa (ECA), Hanan Morsy, have lamented the high costs of debts incurred by African governments adding that it was…

Africa must lead charge on tackling poverty — ECA

The  Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says the continent must lead the charge to mobilise domestic resources to recover from multiple economic and social crises which have deepened poverty and widened inequality. This is contained in a statement by the  Acting Executive…