Opening of the ministerial segment - 58th session…

• Opening of the ministerial segment (agenda item 1) National anthem Moderator: former news anchor, British Broadcasting Corporation, Anne-Marie Dias Borges Remarks by the Chair of the outgoing Bureau, Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco, Nadia Fettah 
• Remarks by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 
• Video: remarks by the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (special guest)
• Pre-recorded video: remarks by the President of the General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock 
• Remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECA, Claver Gatete
• Official address on behalf of the Head of Government of Morocco by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco, Nadia Fettah

The fifty-eighth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), including the annual meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, will be held from 28 March to 3 April 2026 in Tangier, in the Kingdom of Morocco, on the theme "Growth through innovation: harnessing data and frontier technologies for the economic transformation of Africa".