Vera Songwe resigns from UNECA

Dr. VERA Songwe announced her resignation as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) at a virtual town meeting for ECA employees and partners on Monday.

A source who wished to remain anonymous told African Business that the Cameroonian economist is moving on to an organisation with bigger resources, with an announcement expected in September.

In an editorial published on Monday, Songwe saluted the UN for helping to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis in July.

“Less than three weeks after the signing, wheat and cereal prices were back to pre-war levels, delivering huge relief to governments around the world and their populations. The United Nations provided the only olive branch to date in this war. The ECA team is proud to have been part of the solution,”