The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of twelve countries of West Africa. Collectively, the present and former members comprise an area of 5,114,162 km 2 (1,974,589 sq mi) and have an estimated population of over 424.34 million. [5]

The ECOWAS promotes cooperation and integration among West African states in various sectors including peace, security, and economic development.

Dec 15, 2024 · Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal. The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc.

The ECOWAS stabilisation fund: building peace and preventing crises; Promoting peace and economic development in North Central Nigeria; Support to the ECOWAS Commission in the areas of peace and security; Support to the African Union Border Programme; Improving resilience among the population of North-East Nigeria

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ECOWAS Trade Information System (ECOTIS) is a centralized portal developed by the ECOWAS Commission to provide easily accessible, timely and relevant trade related information and intelligence for informed business decisions, policy formulation and academic research.

It supports the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African Monetary Union (WAEMU/UEMOA) and West African member states to address a range of investment policy and investment climate issues that constitute barriers for the private sector to invest efficiently across the region.

ECOWAS emerged on May 28 1975 at a time that the world, and Africa particularly, was going through a crisis in international economic relations, manifested in falling living standards in developing countries; over-dependence of Africa on the economies of the former colonial powers; limited space for manoeuvrability by the individual developing countries on the international …

EAC at A Glance. The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of eight (8) Partner States, comprising the Republic of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Republic of Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania, with its headquarters in …

In 2005, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted the Economic Community of West Africa Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP). The ECOWAP defines the principles and objectives related to the agricultural sector, the orientation of agricultural development, and the axes of intervention through which the sub-region exploits its potential to assure …