Countries must come to the summit prepared with "concrete, realistic plans" to fight climate change, which was one of the main aims of CCDA.Opoku Mensah, UNECA's chief of staff, pointed out in the CCDA's welcoming address that even though Africa contributes the least to global emissions, the continent is already suffering from the "most adverse impacts" of climate change, and plans must be put in place.

class="EA-BreakerFrom 2001, Dr Hamdok headed UNECA's portfolio of activities on development policy management, the New Partnership for Africa's Development and regional integration, and governance and public administration.

According to the UNECA report, total health expenditure as a proportion of GDP increased in 29 African countries between 2000 and 2015, and fell in just 13, while the number of countries spending more than $44 per capita per year jumped from 15 to 31 over that period.

While some critics have voiced concerns about the pace of ratification, defenders of the deal believe that sig- nificant progress has been made, including Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Presenting the report, Economist in charge of Sustainable Development at UNECA Sub-regional North Africa Office Marieme Bekaye said the aim is to make an initial review of the progress made by Maghreb countries in achieving and monitoring SDGs."There is some progress in the concrete integration of SDGs in sector-based and local policies, varying according to countries and sectors," she said.

Living in the arid and semi-arid zones of the two regions, pastoralists employ diversified adoptive strategies ranging from nomadic pastoralism, transhuman, urban pastoralism, agropastoralism and cross-border trades (UNECA 2018).

United Nations Economic Council for Africa's (UNECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe termed President Uhuru an African champion and a leader the continent is closely following with admiration.

Its founding members include the African Union Commission (AUC), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Telecommunications Union (ATU), New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the GSM Association (GSMA) and ICANN.

Union, Inter-Government Authority on Develop-ment (IGAD) and United Nations Economic Com-mission for Africa (UNECA), based out of Addis Ababa.

Ahmed Heikal, Founder of Qalaa Holdings, Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

He started his career as a professor in the economic departments of several universities in the DR Congo and was later appointed as an economic affairs officer in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

The ground-breaking study Innovative Financing for the Economic Transformation of Africa published by the United Nations economic think-tank for Africa, the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in March 2015 dug up some interesting findings