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ECA

@ECA_OFFICIAL

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is headquartered in Addis Ababa with offices in Dakar, Kigali, Lusaka, Niamey, Rabat & Yaounde. IDEAS to ACTION.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Joined July 2011

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Entrepreneurs are there to solve problems. This should be instructive to young people that going into business or entrepreneurship is about solving problems, said Eunice Kamwendo, urging development partners to support African youth entrepreneurs @ECASROSA @ECA_OFFICIAL #ADIF
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Africa's creatives are not just making culture. They're making jobs. Join Session G at #ADIF2026 on the creative economy with Polycarp Otieno, Bolingo Paccy, Christine Njoki & more. 🕒 3:15 PM today #WatchLive EN: lnkd.in/ejfyyyTN FR: lnkd.in/efY6mSt3
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ECA supported the Republic of the Congo in advancing its National Data Governance Strategy through consultations, stakeholder engagement, & capacity-building activities 2–9 June 2026 A key step toward strengthening digital sovereignty & trusted data use. 👉shorturl.at/cS4U2
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@SAYoF_Business, Agriculture, Innovation & Entrep.
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A panel discussion on artificial intelligence in Africa: opportunity or destruction @ECA_OFFICIAL @ECASROSA @claverGatete #ADIF2026 #SAYoF
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#WatchLive | Day 2 – 12 June 2026 Africa Development Impact Forum 2026 📍 UNCC, Addis Ababa Join LIVE discussions on job creation, innovation & Africa’s future of work. Floor: bit.ly/49UiBaz EN: bit.ly/4vKqAj5 FR: bit.ly/4vFUWTA #Jobs #Youth #Innovation
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9 contestants. 6 judges. 1 question. 90 minutes. Today's Hack the Job Challenge at #ADIF2026 put Africa's boldest solutions to the test. The winner gets announced tomorrow. Vote for your favourite: app.sli.do/event/hYwY6Fpp… #HackTheJobChallenge #AfricaYouth #JobCreation
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Jun 11
"Africa is not short of ideas. The challenge is not identifying what works, it is ensuring that successful experiences are replicated, adapted & expanded across the continent. That is precisely why we are here." H.E @claverGatete, Executive Secretary @ECA_OFFICIAL #ADIF2026
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"From today, you are baptized. You are now part of @ECA_OFFICIAL ." @claverGatete closing the Youth Dialogue on the Global Financial Architecture at #ADIF2026 — calling on young Africans to move beyond observers to informed, active shapers of the continent's financial future.
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.@ECA_OFFICIAL Deputy Executive Secretary & Chief Economist @HananMorsy14 to the Youth Network: "You are not merely stakeholders in Africa's future. You are authors of it." #Africa #GlobalFinance #YouthEmployment
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Africa's young people didn't create the global financial architecture. But they will live longest with its consequences. Today's Youth Dialogue on the Global Financial Architecture at #ADIF2026 put that front and center.
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"If Africa's greatest challenge is jobs, then Africa's greatest opportunity is also jobs. We already have the ideas, the talent, the resources. What we need now is execution." — @claverGatete, Executive Secretary @ECA_OFFICIAL #ADIF2026 #JobCreation #AfricaDevelopment
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"Africa does not lack ideas. The challenge is not identifying what works — it is ensuring that successful experiences are replicated, adapted and expanded across the continent. That is precisely why we are here." — @claverGatete, Executive Secretary @ECA_OFFICIAL #ADIF2026
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« Si le plus gd défi de l’Afri. est l’emploi, c'est aussi sa plus gde opp. Ns avons déjà les idées, talents, ress., un secteur privé dynamique & le marché nécessaire pr transformer nos éco. Ns avons besoin maintenant de passer à l’actº » - Claver Gatete, Sec. exéc., @ECA_OFFICIAL
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