October 03, 2024
West Africa: ECOWAS To Strengthen Regional Connectivity With Cavalla River Bridge Handover
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will officially hand over the construction the site for the construction of the Cavalla River Bridge, connecting Côte… 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 »
March 20, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Launches Feasibility Study On Funding of Transport, Energy
The Fund for Development and Financing of ECOWAS Transport and Energy Sectors (ECOWAS-FODETE) has launched a feasibility study towards improving infrastructure in the region with… Read more »
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 »
November 24, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Supports Development of Viable Maritime Transport System in the Region
ECOWAS will lend its full support to efforts by the private sector to develop a viable maritime transport system that will facilitate intra-community trade, economic development… Read more »
November 18, 2011
West Africa: President Gbeho Calls for Viable Airline Industry in ECOWAS Region
The President of the ECOWAS Commission His Excellency James Victor Gbeho has called on the authorities and other stakeholders in the region to create the enabling environment for a… Read more »
October 27, 2011
West Africa: Transport Ministers Propose Measures to Improve Viability of West African Airlines (ECOWAS)
West Africa's Transport Ministers have made wide-ranging proposals for the improvement of the operating environment for airlines in the region, to enhance their viability and… Read more »
West Africa: Flight Discount for ECOWAS Trade Fair Participants
Exhibitors and other participants attending the 6th ECOWAS Trade Fair which begins on 25th November 2011 in Lome, Togo, are to enjoy a 50-per cent discount on economy and business… Read more »
October 25, 2011
West Africa: Regional Ministers Meet On Proposals to Improve Aviation Sector (ECOWAS)
Transport and Aviation Ministers in West Africa have been urged to work out innovative mechanisms to overcome the challenges militating against the viability of regional airlines… Read more »
October 21, 2011
West Africa: High-Level Meeting of Experts On Improving Regional Aviation Sector Opens in Accra (ECOWAS)
Ghana plans to establish a separate air navigation service provider as part of initiatives to modernize its aviation sector, improve the environment for efficient airline… Read more »
September 23, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS Sensitizes Non-State Actors On Role of Joint Border Posts
The ECOWAS Commission has pledged to sustain its collaboration with the private sector, civil society and government agencies in the campaign to encourage Member States to improve… Read more »
August 05, 2011
West Africa: Major Boost to West Africa Cross-Border Transport, Trade (ECOWAS)
The ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions, in collaboration with the Governments of Ghana and Togo, the World Bank's Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO), the USAID West Africa Trade… 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 »
January 30, 2010
Nigeria: Joint Border Posts Project to Boost Transport Facilitation in West Africa
ECOWAS has taken another stride closer to realizing its regional integration objectives with the physical inspection of the Seme-Krake site for the proposed Joint Border Post… Read more »
