Africa

The present policy brief is drawn from a recent study by ECA entitled “Towards improved access to broadband in Africa”. It summarizes the evidence on broadband access in Africa and provides key policy recommendations for consideration by African policymakers and decision-makers. It is hoped that it will contribute to explorations of how best to build up broadband infrastructure on the continent and thus make broadband services easily accessible and affordable to citizens and firms.

The practice of efficient PFM is now considered critical in combating corruption, alleviating poverty, and ensuring the effective use of internal and external resources as an essential part of the development process. Sound PFM are critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) and Africa Agenda 2063.

The annual meeting will provide assessments and exchanges between high-level officials, experts, researchers, private sector and civil society representatives on the evolution of economic in North Africa. This year, the overarching theme of the 2020 edition is “Recovering from COVID-19: Policies and Strategies for North Africa”.

The AAPAM Gold Medal Award marks the exceptional achievement of an individual who has shown distinctive leadership or has made a significant contribution to excellence in public administration and management in Africa. Awarded after every three years, the AAPAM Gold Medal is the highest honour accorded by AAPAM to outstanding public service.

The report considers e-commerce and integration in a digitizing Africa, and how the digital economy can interact with the AFCFTA and trade in Africa

This framework facilitates the development of new policies for successful policies to be replicated, including incentives, and for learning and experience sharing to be promoted. ​

There is a lack of knowledge and guidance on how to integrate transparency, accountability and anti-corruption in socio-economic impact analysis, and most socio-economic analyses do not assess the impact of COVID-19 from a governance and anti-corruption perspective.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Africa beyond COVID-19: accelerating towards inclusive sustainable development”. The conference will provide a platform for established academics and young researchers to present their solution-oriented research to policymakers and decision-makers.