With continued dialogue and diplomatic efforts, the dream of a unified West African economy remains within reach. Speaking at the 1st Extraordinary Session of ECOWAS for 2025 in Lagos, Barau ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has postponed the launch of its planned single currency “ECO”, it was learnt. The regional body said a new date for the launch would be announced ...

The countries that make up ECOWAS are Benin, Togo, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Guinea, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Cape Verde. Members ...

The plan for the new eco currency was adopted back in June 2019 to facilitate trade and economic integration across West Africa and serve as a unifying medium of exchange. Plans to introduce the eco ...

West African leaders meeting in Abuja have issued a sweeping communiqué that hardens the regional bloc's stance against coups, revives momentum for a single currency, and lays out a far-reaching ...

What It Means for Ghana and West Africa rsquo;s Economic Future In a landmark decision at its 68th Ordinary Session, the ...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said that the economic performance of Nigeria remains crucial in realising the dream of a single currency in the West African region. Mr.

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 ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctv11hpt59 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctv11hpt59.4 The leaders of the fifteen member countries of the Economic ...

Over a decade ago, the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional trade bloc of 15 countries with a total population of roughly 400 million, committed to ...

ECOWAS plans to launch a regional currency by 2027, despite past delays and ongoing hurdles. The pledge was made at the Sahel government forum in Gambia. Will it finally happen? DW AfricaLink is ...