@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
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Joined July 2011
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.@ECA_OFFICIAL Deputy Exec Secretary @HananMorsy14 delivered opening remarks at the 13th #ANAPRI Annual Conference, underscoring competitiveness, regional integration, industrialization & employment, STI, and strong institutions to transform Africa's agrifood system @ANAPRI_info
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1/2 @ECA_OFFICIAL Deputy Exec Secretary @HananMorsy14 opened the @FAO Africa Forum on Harnessing Science and Innovation for Agrifood Systems Transformation, highlighting the importance of putting innovation at the center to drive structural transformation...
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2/2 ...DES @HananMorsy14 called for 3 priority actions to leverage #STI: Focus on adoption and develop an ecosystem for affordable, accessible, & appropriate solutions, connect STI to markets, industrialization and jobs, and focus on resilience & inclusion for investment
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The Government of Sierra Leone & @ECA_OFFICIAL are hosting a Policy Dialogue & Capacity-Building Workshop in Freetown to validate the Revised Technical Guidelines on gender-responsive planning and budgeting.
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When women are financially included, whole communities thrive. This workshop links policy dialogue with hands-on capacity building so Sierra Leone can build a more inclusive, equitable future. #FinancialInclusion #GenderEquality
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.@ECA_OFFICIAL African Centre for Statistics Director Samuel Kobina Annim met Statistics Botswana Secretary General Dr Khaufelo Raymond Lekobane to discuss how data, statistics & geospatial information can support evidence-based health financing reforms.
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Under ECA's Sustainable Health Financing Initiative, Statistics Botswana committed to supporting data analysis to demonstrate health's contribution to economic growth and inform financing reforms, investment decisions & policymaking in Botswana. #InvestInHealthAfrica
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1/2 Advancing sustainable health financing in Botswana.@ECA_OFFICIAL Chief of Staff @Abudiaw met with #NBFIRA in Gaborone to discuss the proposed National Health Insurance architecture & how non-bank financial institutions &private investors could help support its implementation.
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2/2 A sustainable NHI needs more than financing. In Gaborone, stakeholders highlighted solvency, affordability, transition& private-sector participation as key considerations, alongside opportunities to leverage existing medical-fund expertise, digital systems & long-term capital
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1/2 Excellent discussions with @BWGovernment Minister of IR, HE Phenyo Butale. Reaffirmed partnership to advance national reforms in health logistics, talent devpt, digital transformation, tourism revenue retention, digital-platform monetisation, & payment-system modernisation...
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2/2 "ECA is committed to Botswana’s health financing reforms through the strong political leadership backing these efforts & a shared ambition to show how well-sequenced, country-led reforms can deliver measurable results & lessons for Africa’s devp't,"@abudiaw #HealthFinancing
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1/4 With fewer than four years left to reach the SDGs, ECA's @ZSchwidrowski opened the Africa Pre-#CSW71 Consultations with a clear call: turn commitments into funded, measurable action to prevent gender-based violence and expand women's leadership & economic opportunity...
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3/4 In 13 African countries with time-use data, women do at least two-thirds of unpaid care work. In 2025, only 31.2% of African women used the internet vs 40.3% of men. Care services, affordable devices and digital skills expand women's chances to learn, earn, and lead...
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4/4 In 2024, 600m+ Africans lacked electricity and approximately 1bn lacked clean cooking. Rural women bear much of the cost in ill-health and time poverty. A just energy transition must open training, finance and leadership pathways for women across the value chain.
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1/3 In #Gaborone, @ECA_OFFICIAL Chief of Staff @Abudiaw met Hon. David Tshere, Minister of Communications and Innovation, to discuss how digital transformation can strengthen health financing, procurement and public financial management in support of #UHC.
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2/3 Discussions explored a national data exchange linking financial management, procurement and health information systems to improve transparency, resource allocation and the monitoring of health outcomes.
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3/3 Both sides agreed to establish a joint technical working group and develop a 100-day action plan, leveraging digital ID, e-services, payments and interoperable systems to advance National Health Insurance, social protection and #UHC.
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1/2 @ECA_OFFICIAL Chief of Staff @Abudiaw met Hon. Moeti C. Mohwasa in Gaborone to discuss aligning health financing, social protection & national development priorities. Talks explored a joint technical working group and a proposed 100-day action plan to advance implementation.
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2/2 Botswana’s #InvestingInHealth initiative focuses on making health financing more sustainable and effective, building on existing reforms in primary health care and National Health Insurance to improve access, financial protection and health outcomes.
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