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Africa Regional Consultation on the WSIS+20 Outcomes Implementation: Operationalizing WSIS+20 and the GDC

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ECA Library hosted the celebration of the Russian Language Day, Thursday, 4 June 2026 | La bibliothèque du CEA a accueilli la célébration de la Journée de la langue russe, le jeudi 4 juin 2026.

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Institutional Repository

Our Institutional Repository (IR) is a unique collection of digital contents, generated by the Commission in its role as the Premier Think tank in Africa. It represents the corporate memory, providing historical evidence of its actions and decisions, and providing seamless access to its rich variety of research outputs.

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Libguides

Exploit our library catalogue to search bibliographic references, identify and consult an extensive collection of information resources available, including published and unpublished materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches and other grey literature, relevant to the African continent.

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Multimedia Repository

ECA Multimedia Repository offers a unique source of knowledge and information resources captured in their original formats, providing historical evidence and insights into regional programmes, projects, decisions, actions, and resolutions promoting socioeconomic development in Africa.

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ASKIA

Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) is an online interactive knowledge portal, built on a federated search engine, providing access to scientific knowledge from Africa, on Africa, to Africa and the World, based on the SDG Taxonomies.

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ECA Institutional RepositoryECA Multimedia RepositoryECA Library CatalogECA LibGuidesECA/IDEP KnowledgeASKIA

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KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

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Institutional Repository

Our Institutional Repository (IR) is a unique collection of digital contents, generated by the Commission in its role as the Premier Think tank in Africa. It represents the corporate memory, providing historical evidence of its actions and decisions, and providing seamless access to its rich variety of research outputs.

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Library Catalogue (LIBCAT)

Exploit our library catalogue to search bibliographic references, identify and consult an extensive collection of information resources available, including published and unpublished materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches and other grey literature, relevant to the African continent.

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Multimedia Repository

ECA Multimedia Repository offers a unique source of knowledge and information resources captured in their original formats, providing historical evidence and insights into regional programmes, projects, decisions, actions, and resolutions promoting socioeconomic development in Africa.

Read more

ASKIA

Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) is an online interactive knowledge portal, built on a federated search engine, providing access to scientific knowledge from Africa, on Africa, to Africa and the World, based on the SDG Taxonomies.

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e 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

A plan of action for people, planet and prosperity in the African Region

Make The SDGs A Reality In Africa

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SDG Tools & Resources

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e 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A plan of action for people, planet and prosperity in the African Region

From Ideas to Actions for a Prosperous Africa

ECA's mandate to promote the economic and social development of its member States and the achievement of the 2030 and 2063 development agendas in Africa is centred on the Commission’s three core functions, namely:

Convening,Think Tank, and Operational Functions

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Recent Publications

Unlocking growth : technology and innovation among micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in Southern Africa : case studies from Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.

Related SDGs :

8 9

Date : Jun 01, 2026

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The impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

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1 2 8

Date : Apr 02, 2026

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Economic governance report III : assessment of governance of public debt in Africa.

Related SDGs :

16

Date : Mar 03, 2026

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La croissance par l’innovation : exploiter les données et les technologies de pointe au service de la transformation économique de l’Afrique.

Related SDGs :

8

Date : Mar 02, 2026

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa ARIA XI

Related SDGs :

8101617

Date : Jul 12, 2025

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Journal of African Transformation 2022

Dec 29, 2022

Recent Issue

ECA Journal For African Transformation

The Journal of African Transformation is a bi-annual inter-disciplinary and peer-reviewed scholarly periodical published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Journal is committed to publishing very high quality and original research that makes cutting-edge advances on African development issues. It seeks to publish scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles that contribute to Africa's development thinking, policy and practice.

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Regional Integration & Trade

Data & Statistics

Private Sector Development & Finance

Macroeconomics & Governance

Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy

Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women

Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

Regional Integration & Trade

Focuses on the central role of achieving effective regional cooperation and economic integration among member States by supporting efforts to deepen regional markets, boost intra-African trade and global trade, accelerate industrialization and tackle the challenges of structural transformation.

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Data & Statistics

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 and reporting for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.

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Private Sector Development & Finance

Contributes to the achievement of sustainable, inclusive, and equitable human and social development in Africa.

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Macroeconomics & Governance

Supports the achievement of Africa’s development agenda through development planning, macroeconomic policy and economic governance, and public finance.

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Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy

Supports the achievement of Africa’s development agenda through development planning, macroeconomic policy and economic governance, and public finance.

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Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women

Support member States in their efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by accelerating the implementation of relevant policies, mechanisms and tools as well as the monitoring and evaluation of their international commitments.

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Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

Supports the efficient management of natural resource endowments; reducing the negative impacts of climate change by moving towards green transitions and climate-resilient development and harnessing new technologies in the context of sustainable development.

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Access related resources — Innovation & TechnologyNatural Resources

LibGuides — Innovation & TechNatural Resource ManagementSustainable Development

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ECA Strengthens SADC Digital Knowledge Ecosystem Through Community of Practice Portal Training

July 27, 2026Knowledge Management & Engineering Unit – KMSS (SPORD)

Johannesburg, South Africa | July 2026 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Knowledge Management Services Section (KMSS), has reinforced its strategic partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by delivering an advanced capacity-building programme to strengthen the management and sustainability of the SADC National Planning Entities (NPEs) and Network of Think Tanks (NTT) Community of Practice (CoP) Portal (https://cop.sadc.int/).

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ECA Library has developed a Digital User Registration and Management System to Enhance Access to Knowledge Services

July 21, 2026Knowledge Management & Engineering Unit – KMSS (SPORD)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Knowledge Management Services Section (KMSS) in collaboration with the Digital and Information Technology Management Section (DITMS), has developed a Library User Registration and Management System ( https://lib-registration.uneca.org ) — serving as a modern digital platform and transforming the delivery and administration of library services across the organization and beyond.

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UNECA and the Mission of China to the African Union Celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival at the KMSS Library

February 10, 2026

On 10 February 2026, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the African Union jointly celebrated the Spring Festival at the newly renovated Knowledge Management Services Section (KMSS) Library space.
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