Press Releases
ECOWAS Member States present Proposals for APIA Project
Abuja, 28th July, 2017. Beneficiaries of the pilot APIA Project on the Development of National Youth Employment Action Plans in five ECOWAS Member States on Friday, 28th July, 2017 presented their project proposals for evaluation by the Regional Steering Committee … Continue reading
ERERA to conduct study on impact of reform of Electricity Sector in ECOWAS Member States
Accra, 27 July 2017. ERERA will soon begin a study on the economic, financial and technical impact of the unbundling of the electricity sector in some ECOWAS Member States, which have carried out power sector reforms. The findings of the … Continue reading
ECOWAS Commission President Plays Host To Anti-Malaria Intervention Inventors
Abuja, 27th July, 2017. Two inventors of anti-malarial interventions, Drs. Achidi Valentin Agon, Managing Director and founder of API-Benin International SARL, an African Phytopharmaceutical Industry and Eddy Agbo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fyodor Biotechnologies, paid a courtesy visit … Continue reading
ECOWAS equips local peace actors with dialogue and mediation skills to ensure peaceful elections in Liberia
Monrovia, 26 July 2017.The Mediation Facilitation Division of ECOWAS has enhanced the capacity and skills of local peace actors in the areas of dialogue and mediation in order to enable them intervene in electoral-relate disputes at the sub-national level in … Continue reading
ECOWAS experts meet to find solutions to the problem of fruit flies
Abuja, 26th July 2017. The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting for the regional plan of monitoring and controlling Fruit Flies got underway at the ECOWAS Commission on the 26th of July 2017. The two-Day project support meeting was called to update … Continue reading
Initiating fruitful Economic Cooperation between ECOWAS and Indonesia
Abuja, 26 July 2017. The Indonesian Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, is looking forward to concluding a double Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between his country and the West African region. It will include a regional agreement with the Economic Community … Continue reading
ECOWAS holds a scenario development workshop in the build-up to its Command Post Exercise
Abuja, 24th July 2017. ECOWAS in accordance with its mandate of ensuring peace and security in the region, will undertake a Command Post Exercise (CPX) code-named JIGUI IV in 2018, aimed at enhancing the capability of ECOWAS to plan and … Continue reading