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 ...

The West African subregion is in dire need of winning strategies and formulas that have the potential to turn around its socioeconomic fortunes for the better and that lofty height can only be ...

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

Nigeria tackles infrastructure, customs, and currency challenges to boost intra-ECOWAS regional trade. Experts highlight digital identity and private sector partnerships as crucial for growth ...

This paper employs various empirical methods to test the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis in West and Central Africa, considering countries within the WAEMU, CEMAC, CFA, and ECOWAS currency ...

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has been elected the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government.

Financial literacy remains a major challenge across the African markets. Mutual funds provide opportunity to promote financial ...

“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 ...

President Bola Tinubu has called on West African nations to end the practice of exporting raw minerals without processing them locally — a trend he described as the “pit-to-port” dependency — urging ...

President Tinubu attends the West Africa Economic Summit, pushing for regional integration and economic cooperation among West African nations. Key leaders and ministers are in attendance.