April 24, 2013
West Africa: Ecowas Ministers Agree On Implementation Action Plan On Proposed Lagos-Abidjan Highway
ECOWAS Ministers of Works/Road Infrastructure, Transport, Finance and Justice from Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, ended their one-day meeting of Monday, 22nd April… Read more »
April 21, 2013
West Africa: Call for Accelerated Implementation of African Infrastructure Development Programme
Stakeholders, including Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the African Union, NEPAD, development partners and the World Economic Forum (WEF), have ended a three-day meeting in… Read more »
April 19, 2013
West Africa: ECOWAS Ministers to Meet On Construction of Lagos-Abidjan Highway
ECOWAS Ministers of Works/Road Infrastructure, Transport, Finance and Justice from Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, will meet on Monday, 22nd April 2013 in Abuja to… Read more »
November 14, 2012
West Africa: Ministers Call for Exclusive Funding of Infrastructure Projects in West Africa
ECOWAS Ministers in charge of infrastructure have recommended that part of the proceeds of the Community Levy, a 0.5 per cent levy on imports from outside the region, used to… Read more »
November 09, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Member States Urged to Use Establised Financial Mechanisms to Develop Infrastructure in the Region
ECOWAS Member States have been urged to leverage established infrastructure financial mechanisms such as the Special Telecommunications fund and the Transport and Energy sector… Read more »
November 06, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Ministers Meet in Yamoussoukro On Regional Infrastructure Development
ECOWAS Ministers in charge of infrastructure are to meet in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire on Friday 9th November 2012 to agree measures for the domestication of the Action Plan… Read more »
October 16, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Commission Reassures Member States On an Inclusive ECOWAS Aid for Trade Strategy
The ECOWAS Commission has assured representatives of the ECOWAS Member States of its commitment to engage in wide consultations during the formulation process of the ECOWAS Aid for… Read more »
September 21, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Quality Policy to Promote Regional Economic Development
The ECOWAS Commission has set up a framework, ECOWAS Quality Policy (ECOQUAL), which aims to create and improve relevant and effective quality infrastructure to facilitate… Read more »
August 08, 2012
West Africa: West African Airlines Urged to Promote Regional Development Agenda
West African airlines have been challenged to offer "concrete proposals" for holistically addressing challenges confronting the sector to make them more effective partners in… Read more »
June 26, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Supports Unido's Tool for Regional Investment Promotion
The ECOWAS Commission has expressed its willingness to key into the Investment Monitoring Platform (IMP), a new web portal established by the UN Industrial Development Organization… Read more »
March 31, 2012
West Africa: Ministers Launch Appeal for Strong Support of West Africa Industrial Policy
Ministers in charge of Industry in the ECOWAS region ended a one-day Symposium in Lome, Togo, on Friday 30th March 2012, by launching a special appeal to regional financial banks… Read more »
March 29, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS, Industry Experts Strategize On Chemical, Hazardous Waste Management Policy
ECOWAS Commission officials and industry experts from Member States have concluded a meeting at the Commission's Abuja headquarters called to strategize and define policy on… Read more »
West Africa: Member States Charged to Speed Up Implementation of Regional Industrial Policy
The ECOWAS Commission has charged trade, industry and private sector experts in conjunctions with other stakeholders to sensitize and mobilize Member States on the need to speed up… Read more »
March 20, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS-FODETE Launches Feasibility Study
The Fund for Development and Financing of ECOWAS Transport and Energy sectors (ECOWAS FODETE) has launched a feasibility study on how to improve infrastructure in the sub-region… Read more »
February 29, 2012
West Africa: Second ECOWAS-China Economic Forum to Hold in Ghana
Ghana will host the second edition of the ECOWAS-China forum between 20-21 March 2012 in Accra, Ghana, during which private sector operators will seek to develop partnerships in… Read more »
August 27, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Calls for New Era of Partnerships for Regional Development
The ECOWAS Commission has called for a new era of partnerships between the region's public and private sectors that would enable each sector to efficiently deliver vital and… Read more »
April 02, 2011
West Africa: Regional Ministers Adopt Elements of Draft Regulations to Control Overload On Community Roads
Regional Ministers of Infrastructure, Transport and Energy on Friday, 1st April 2011 endorsed the provisions of a draft Supplementary Act stipulating the Axle load standards for… Read more »
March 28, 2011
West Africa: Ecowas Ministers to Approve Two Regulations At Accra Meeting
Regional Ministers of Infrastructure and Transport will meet in Accra on Friday, 1st April 2001 to agree a region-wide regulation on axle load, a set of measures to guide haulage… Read more »
March 27, 2011
West Africa: The Joint Technical Committee On Cameroun-Nigeria Programme Ends in Lagos
The 4th meeting of the Joint Technical Committee for the Nigeria-Cameroon multinational Highway and Transport Facilitation Programme took place in Lagos to review and finalise the… Read more »
January 29, 2011
West Africa: Contract for Constrution of Joint Border Post between Nigeria and Cameroun to be Awarded in July 2011
Contract for the selection of a firm to review the detailed engineering design of a Joint Border Post between Cameroun and Nigeria, one of the confidence building measures between… Read more »
September 21, 2010
West Africa: ECOWAS-FODETE Launched in Yamoussoukro
President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday, 18th September 2010 in Yamoussoukro formally launched a study that will determine the modalities for the establishment of an… Read more »
June 03, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Council of Ministers Adopts Regional Industrial Policy, Calls for Speedy Implementation of Plan of Action
The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has adopted the West African Common Industrial Policy (WACIP), its action plan and supplementary acts and called on the ECOWAS Commission to take… Read more »