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West Africa:
Eco - Nigeria Hesitant As Ghana Lauds French Ecowas Members' Decision to Dump CFA
Premium Times, 30 December 2019
The Ghanaian government has hailed the resolve by eight member nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to cut their colonial links with France's CFA… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Adoption of Eco - Nigeria Will React at Appropriate Time - Minister
Daily Trust, 31 December 2019
The Federal Government has said it is still studying the situation as eight West African countries, most of them French speaking, changed their currencies to Eco, the proposed… Read more »
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West Africa:
Nigeria Reacts to Adoption of Ecowas Single Currency By French-Speaking Countries
This Day, 30 December 2019
The federal government, Monday reacted to the change of name of the UEMOA, Communaute Financiers d'Afique (CFA) currency to ECO by eight French-speaking West African countries,… Read more »
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West Africa:
Nigeria Considering Adoption of Eco As ECOWAS Currency - Minister
Daily Trust, 30 December 2019
The Federal Government says it is studying the situation on change of West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) currency, Eco, to be used as ECOWAS single currency. Read more »
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West Africa:
Debate Intensifies Over Future of CFA Franc in West Africa
VOA, 28 December 2019
Debate on the future of the CFA franc in the six-member Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) has intensified after it was announced last week that eight West… Read more »
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West Africa:
Declaration By the Government of the Republic of Ghana On the Adoption of the 'Eco' By UEMOA
Ghana Presidency, 28 December 2019
The Government of Ghana has taken notice of the recent declaration made on Saturday, 21st December, 2019, by the President of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA),… Read more »
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West Africa:
West Africa Single Currency - a Journey to Nowhere?
This Day, 9 December 2019
Obinna Chima wonders if West African countries can ever meet the target of adopting a single currency in the region, especially with January 2020 no longer achievable Read more »