The 52nd Session of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 20 to 26 March 2019.The conference will be held under the theme: Fiscal policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era – A strategy for Africa, UN ECA said in a statement on Wednesday.

This year’s theme recognises the need to improve domestic resource mobilization on the continent and increase competitiveness leveraging on the strength of digital technology.

ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said discussions during the 2019 conference of ministers will focus on effective fiscal policy for growth in Africa.

“With its changing economic basis, Africa needs to renew its fiscal policy in order to align with the economic order and to meet its needs for investments and growth,” Ms. Songwe said, as plans for the CoM continue to gather momentum both in Addis Ababa, the seat of the ECA, and Marrakech