The statement noted that participants went through the preparations for the single currency’s introduction, laying the groundwork for a more integrated economic future for the fifteen ECOWAS ...

ANG  The Eco currency, a planned monetary unit for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), aims to foster ...

The leaders of the 15 ECOWAS member countries aimed to achieve a monetary and currency union by the end of 2020 but abandoned that timetable because the group was not ready. They were far from the ...

Political challenges have been attributed for the inability of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to actualise the single currency (ECO) initiative. The initiative was first ...

Negotiations for the joint currency have been in the works for 30 years. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), the region's political and economic union, said the rollout will be ...

Contrary to a 10- point transition road map, jointly signed with ECOWAS, Guinea’s military leader, General Mamady Doumbouya, ...

Six of the 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)—The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone—have launched an ambitious initiative to set up a second ...

A look at the ECO West African currency initiative, and how Bitcoin can more efficiently fulfill the goals of the program. Africa stands at the cusp of a financial revolution as Ecowas region ...

In fact, many have pinned their hopes on the ‘eco’, a proposed currency that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hopes to launch in 2020. Leaders from ECOWAS nations – which include ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are set to introduce new biometric passports as they withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to form a Sahel alliance. The initiative aims to ...

The ECOWAS single currency has also been incorporated as a feature in the three-in-one identity card planned by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and set for roll-out in August.

Political challenges have been attributed to the inability of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to actualise the single currency (ECO) initiative. The initiative was first ...