West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

The Ecozone was a top priority at 2023 ECOWAS summit. But the common currency, set to come into effect in 2027, faces a major ...

Ecowas has been struggling to keep its membership intact after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all junta-led states, decided to ...

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?

On paper, Francophone Africa’s economic landscape looks conducive to investment and integration. There is the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which comprises eight countries that share a ...

Africa is still many years away from having the political will or the monetary ability to make a single currency a reality ...

The continent must unite to shape its economic future and to end its dependence on Western financial institutions Read Full ...

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Philip Bull Producers: Sunita Nahar and Nyasha Michelle in London. Blessing Aderogba in Lagos Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre ...

Editorial - The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, under the leadership of Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, is moving forward with the recent establishment of the 5,000-strong ECOWAS ...

ECOWAS and AfDB have signed an $11.18 million agreement to boost rice production and enhance food security in West Africa.

In the years that followed, photos of Sendeoli would become part of a pro-Russian propaganda campaign – one that used his ...

Not only is it the richest city in West Africa, but this is also the fifth wealthiest city in the whole continent.