Throwback: When E K Bensah Interviewed IOM on Trade-Migration Nexus
In June 2022, Managing-Editor of Ecowas Business News, E K Bensah, interviewed IOM’s Jason Theede as part of an AfCFTA Policy Network-IOM Partnership to help unpack migration to followers and…
#IATA: Airlines In Africa, Middle East To Pay $222billion Extra For Fuel In 2022
In his address to the 2022 General Assembly of the African Airlines Association in Dakar, Senegal, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, Kamil Alawadhi, said that…
Senegal Country Report [AfriEximBank]
Sénégal’s development aspirations formulated in its strategicframework dubbed Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) (2014 – 2035)or the Emerging Sénégal Plan, seeks to improve living conditionsand alleviate poverty through structural transformation,diversification of…
UNDERWAY IN CAPE TOWN: First Technical Symposium on African Migration Conference
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Ecowas Business News- 8 Dec, 2022) Scheduled for 2023, the African Migration Conference — an idea mooted by APRM as far back as 2019 — will…
Inaugural Pan-African Inter-Party Democracy Platform on Governance Kicks Off
Kicking off this morning in Cape Town. The inaugural Pan-African Inter-Party democracy platform on Governance technical meeting attended by representatives of political parties; main & oppositions and other key political…
#SaveTheDate: AfCFAC SAATM PIP Roadmap
In the process of monitoring the SAATM (PIP),AFCAC is organizing a workshop on December 6th, 2022 in Abuja. In this occasion, AFCAC will present SAATM PIP roadmap to the African…
African police leaders call for improved data exchange at INTERPOL meeting
LYON, France – A historic meeting between INTERPOL and top law enforcement leaders from across the African continent saw participants jointly pledge to boost police data exchanged between African countries…
Nigeria remits $100m to ECOWAS in community levies
By Victoria Ojeme The Federal Government has paid US$100,324,011.33 to the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) as community levy this year alone. This was disclosed at the presentation of…
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: APRM Targeted Review ( Corporate Governance & AfCFTA)
As part of ECOWAS Business News efforts to amplify the work of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), E K Bensah will be running a series of special reports in…
5th Edition of African Governance Seminar (AGOSS) Kicks off in Addis
The 5th AGOSS takes off in Addis Ababa today. The APRM Communication Champion for East Africa Carole Obure is in Addis to participate and cover the event. For more about…