ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy joined Financial Times Live Africa Summit Panel on "Redesigning the Global Financial Architecture to unlock capital at a fair cost for Africa." She highlighted the ways to reform the Global Financial Architecture, scale up development finance, and avoid a "lost decade". “Scaling affordable finance requires bigger, better, and bolder Multilateral Development Banks (#MDBs) with higher capitalization and streamlined application and disbursement processes. De-risking and blended finance are key to attracting private sector investment,” said Hanan Morsy. "We need to shift the narrative on Africa from risk to opportunity in order to change the perception of Africa as one asset class, and media has a role to play to highlight the good stories and successes in growth, innovations and renewable investments," she added. Financial Times #FTAfrica #GlobalFinance #DevelopmentFinance #InvestmentInAfrica #SustainableGrowth #AfricaSummit #GlobalFinancialArchitecture
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Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN's five regional commissions, ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development. Made up of 54 member States, and playing a dual role as a regional arm of the UN and as a key component of the African institutional landscape, ECA is well positioned to make unique contributions to address the Continent’s development challenges. ECA’s strength derives from its role as the only UN agency mandated to operate at the regional and subregional levels to harness resources and bring them to bear on Africa's priorities. To enhance its impact, ECA places a special focus on collecting up to date and original regional statistics in order to ground its policy research and advocacy on clear objective evidence; promoting policy consensus; providing meaningful capacity development; and providing advisory services in key thematic fields. ECA also provides technical advisory services to African governments, intergovernmental organizations and institutions. In addition, it formulates and promotes development assistance programmes and acts as the executing agency for relevant operational projects. ECA is headed by an Executive Secretary, who is assisted by two Deputy Executive Secretaries. Its work programme is supported by two pillars: knowledge generation and knowledge delivery. There are five substantive divisions responsible for policy research: Macroeconomic Policy, Regional Integration & Trade, Social Policy Development, Special Initiatives, and the African Centre for Statistics. The Capacity Development Division, IDEP (ECA’s training arm), the Division of Administration and ECA’s Subregional Offices in Rabat, Niamey, Yaounde, Kigali and Lusaka comprise the knowledge delivery pillar.
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📆Mark your calendar! Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy will be a panelist at the upcoming Financial Times Africa Summit for a discussion on “Redesigning the global financial architecture to unlock capital at a fair cost for Africa.” 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 29 October 🕒 Time: 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM GMT / 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM Addis Time 🌍 Panelists joining Hanan Morsy for the discussion will be: - Atanas Bostandjiev, Founder and Chairman, Gemcorp - Amadou Hott, Special Envoy of the President, African Development Bank for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa - Modupe Famakinwa, Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Funding and Investor Relations, AFC - Andres Schipani, East & Central Africa Bureau Chief, Financial Times Register now to watch the session 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEshuscj #FTAfrica #FTLive #AfricaSummit #FinancialInclusion #GlobalFinance #InvestmentAfrica
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Africa should urgently invest in robust data and statistical systems to accelerate sustainable development, the Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA), Oliver Chinganya has urged. Opening the Eleventh Forum on African Statistical Development (FASDEV X), as part of the series of events by the community of African statisticians, including Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM), Mr. Chingaya, stressed the importance of data and statistics in supporting informed decision-making and planning. FASDev initiated in 2004 by the ECA, the African Development Bank, the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the World Bank, brings together representatives of national statistical offices, statistical training centres, international, regional and subregional institutions, bilateral agencies, international donors to deliberate on supporting statistical development in Africa. FASDev, being held at the back of the Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM), has established linkages among producers of official statistics, statistics training centres, and partners supporting statistical development in Africa This year the Forum is meeting under the theme, ‘Strengthening the mobilization of technical and financial resources to support innovation in statistical development in Africa’, which Mr. Chinganya said reflected continued efforts in the transformation and modernization of official statistics on the continent. Mr. Chinganya highlighted that African countries had made notable progress in improving their national data and statistical systems in the areas of digital censuses as well as in modernizing administrative data for statistical purposes. Furthermore, many countries have harnessed data science and new data sources to close data gaps and adequately respond to users’ needs. Despite the progress made, Africa was challenged by limited investment in data and statistics which hindered innovation and the delivery of timely and accurate statistics for development. “There is a need to expedite the provision of robust data and statistics to assist the Government in accelerating the achievement of the agenda for sustainable development and agenda 2063 through their national development plans,” said Mr. Chinganya, calling for the strengthening the mobilization of technical and financial resources to support innovation in statistical development in Africa. “I urge the eleventh Meeting of the Forum on Statistical Development in Africa to deeply reflect on strengthening synergies among all stakeholders to enhance innovation in the African Statistical System because ‘Synergy is better than my way or your way; it is our way’,” he said. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ef6d567Z For more on STATCOM 👉 https://lnkd.in/egaAQFqT #Africa #statistics #sustainabledevelopment #development
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ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy spoke at the panel of Pan-African Women in Leadership Forum on "African Women Driving Policy in Agriculture, Finance, and Digitalization" organized by the International Monetary Fund on how digital platforms can help women access finance. “Digital platforms enhance access to finance in rural areas, offer tailored products, lower cost, and improve data availability for creditworthiness and policy impact. They promote financial literacy and market access — uplifting women’s productivity and income” said Hanan Morsy. "To fully leverage the potential, we must prioritize digital infrastructure investments, regulatory framework, incentives to attract women-led biz to use technology, digital literacy and creating an enabling ecosystem," said Hanan Morsy.
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At African Caucus with the International Monetary Fund Managing Director, ECA’s Hanan Morsy thanked Kristalina Georgieva for her strong engagement with Africa High Level Working Group on Global Financial Architecture, recognizing progress with PRGT, RST and Surcharges reviews but emphasized the need for more and bolder reforms. Hanan Morsy called for more reforms to scale up concessional finance, enable catalytic long-term finance through RST, suspend surcharges, raise the cap of SDR rechanneling, reform the SDR allocation formula & the IMF quota system, and improve the DSA framework. #PRGT #RST #Surcharges #FinancialArchitecture #finance
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At the debrief meeting on UN Tax Convention organized by the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), and the Tax Justice Network Africa Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy highlighted that the United Nations Resolution on International Tax Cooperation is a testimony to what we can achieve when we come together. "We need continued coordination by AUC, ECA, ATAF, and TJNA for evidence-based support, active participation by expert representatives, united African position, building alliance with G77, and strengthened negotiation capacities," said Hanan Morsy #Tax #TaxCooperation #Africa #AUC #ECA #ATAF #TJNA
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🌍 The 9th Session of the Statistical Commission for Africa 📅 October 28 - November 1, 2024 📍 United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa As Africa’s highest decision-making body in statistics, the Statistical Commission for Africa will bring together experts, policymakers, and international partners to advance the continent's statistical capacity. Under the theme “Unleashing the Potential of African Innovation in Statistical Development,” the session will focus on using local innovation and cutting-edge technology to revolutionize data systems. This meeting offers a pivotal opportunity for: 🔹 Strengthening African statistical systems to align with global standards 🔹 Leveraging indigenous tech to enhance data collection, analysis, and dissemination 🔹 Driving partnerships that address the unique needs of African countries in statistical initiatives Find out more here👉 https://lnkd.in/egaAQFqT #AfricaStatistics #DataInnovation #StatisticalCommission #SDGs #StatComAfrica #UNData
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Co-chaired by ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy, the Africa High-level Working Group on the Global Financial Architecture met on the margins of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and The World Bank, holding strategic conversations on near- and long-term actions for the reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions. Hanan Morsy presented to African ministers the asks and reform proposals on IMF and World Bank, which centered around more affordable and concessional resources, IMF quota reform, SDR allocation and rechanneling, MDB collaboration, and #DSA reform. #AnnualMeetings #GlobalFinancialArchitecture #DSA
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At “Strategies for Reducing Private Sector Costs in Africa” panel organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) & Development Reimagined, Deputy Exececutive Secretary Hanan Morsy called for a predictable policies and regulations, harmonization of investment frameworks across Africa, and addressing energy and logistics gaps. "We must diversify financing sources, support countries on data and communication for credit ratings and investor engagement, and deploy innovative project-based instruments to reduce financing costs and risk premia," said Hanan Morsy.
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East African Community (EAC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa discuss the Regional Blue Economy Strategy and Action Plan in East Africa. The productivity of ocean and freshwater ecosystems is a necessary foundation for aquatic & maritime-based economies. #Burundi 🇧🇮 , #DRC 🇨🇩 , #Kenya 🇰🇪 , #Rwanda 🇷🇼 , #Somalia 🇸🇴 , #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 , #Tanzania 🇹🇿 #Uganda 🇺🇬
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