Nigeria's regional trade dominance is hampered by infrastructure and policy issues. The 2025 West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) highlighted the need for ...

West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), experts and policymakers made one message clear: the future of intra-regional trade ...

“While exiting Ecowas without an agreement would end the free movement of people, goods, and services with non- WAEMU members like Nigeria, Guinea, and Ghana, their continued membership in WAEMU ...

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

What happens now? Although ECOWAS has said it would leave the doors open for the three nations to continue to enjoy benefits as other bloc members do, the three junta-led countries are launching ...

Beyond politics, ECOWAS has facilitated trade liberalization, investment flows, and infrastructure development. The withdrawal of three landlocked states disrupts regional economic integration ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are ...

In partnership with the ECOWAS Commission, the World Bank organized a 2-day regional workshop in Dakar on the 8th and 9th of October 2024. Like many customs unions, ECOWAS and WAEMU have adopted ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

NIAMEY, September 30, 2024 - Niger's economy is set to rebound after a year marked by an unprecedented political crisis. However, the rebound is dependent on favorable security and climate conditions, ...

WAEMU states collectively raised nearly 7,000 billion CFA francs in the first half of 2025, a record amount driven by increased financing needs, the return of long-term bonds, and an improved ...

The ECOWAS protocol stipulates that a member state must give a 12-month ... the three renegade states still belong to the eight Francophone West African Economic and Monetary Union, UEMOA in ...