A single ECOWAS currency would be a major and ambitious undertaking, with many potential benefits. If leaders commit to building resilient policy and institutional frameworks that can create positive ...

ECOWAS has renewed efforts to implement the regional single currency, ECO, after key agreements were reached during its 66th Ordinary Session in Abuja on Sunday.

Read: Why Ecowas suspended single currency launchMoreover, France’s 2019 decision to rally francophone countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese-speaking), Cote d’Ivoire ...

THE Economic Community of West African States, a regional bloc consisting of 15 member countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, ...

In West African geopolitics, ECOWAS mdash;the Economic Community of West African States mdash;now finds itself perched on a precarious edge, caught between the weight of internal rebellion and ...

But members of di Ecowas eventually agree to introduce di common currency - wey im name go be 'Eco' - during di 55th ordinary session of body wey happen for Abuja in July 2019.

An IMF study tests Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) across West and Central Africa, revealing stronger price convergence in ...

Ecowas say dem dey on track to launch di new 'Eco' currency by 2027, but how dis go dey possible and wetin be di challenges? BBC News, Pidgin Waka go wetin de inside ...

Senator Jibrin Barau, First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, has reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to a single currency and regional integration despite challenges, including the recent ...

At the ECOWAS summit, the implementation of the eco – the single currency due to come into effect in 2027 – appears to have been relaunched. However, nothing points to this timetable being met. In ...

The Deputy Finance Minister made these remarks on Friday, May 23, during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Liberia.

By May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be 50 years old, having been established on that ... It has doggedly pursued a customs union and a single currency, ...