The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) on Wednesday unveiled its first African regional office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The opening of the regional office formed part of the agency’s strategy to bolster the delivery of technical expertise and advisory services to policymakers in Unctad member States.
Unctad secretary-general Dr Mukhisa Kituyi would host the inauguration, along with a number of dignitaries, including Ethiopia's Minister of Trade and Investment Abdurahman Shek Mohammed, African Union (AU) Commission deputy chairperson Erastus Mwencha, AU trade commissioner Fatima Haram Acyl and AU economic affairs commissioner Anthony Mothae Maruping.