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Mr Bensah was flanked by Hubert Kinkoh and Moussa Soumahoro, researchers of the African Peace & Security Governance programme of Addis office of Institute for Security Studies(ISS), who are in…

Purpose of the reportThe purpose of this report unpacks the impact of the transition to a low carbon economy, on the extractives sector in Africa, bearing in mind it’s significance…

Invitation to the AUDA-NEPAD ECOWAS and ECCAS regional media sensitisation workshop to be held on 14-15 December 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria AUDA-NEPAD is responsible for coordinating and executing priority regional and…

Dear Emmanuel Bensah, We are reaching out to share with you our latest brief: Trouble in paradise: The EU-Africa partnership in a geopolitical context In this brief we discuss the effects…

REGIONAL COURTS: AMPLIFYING VOICES OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS SaveTheDate 📅 7-8 December, 2023🚨ORGANISER: Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) The West African region has made significant strides in promoting and protecting human rights…

“African Aviation is in an emergency…and the emergency is that…for us to implement YD and to push through SAATM PIP” if we are to get a flourishing Aviation sector!

Secretary-General Adeyemi of AU’s African Civil Aviation Commission (AfCAC) speaking in Abuja on 14 November, 2023, in celebration of Yamassoukro Declaration Week, which is the week Africa comes together to…

by E K Bensah Jr, *Managing-Editor Ecowas Business News *Deputy Executive Director in charge of Regional Integration & Outreach, AfCFTA Policy Network Secretariat. After yesterday’s vivacious conversations around the more…

31 August, 2023 In the next few days, the *Pan-African Postal Union (PAPU) Tower* will be inaugurated — in Arusha — on the sidelines of the *41st Administrative Council meeting*,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE High-Level Dialogue at Africa Climate Summit Explores “Africa’s Green Minerals Strategy” as a Catalyst for Continental Minerals-based Industrialization. Nairobi, Kenya — September 5, 2023 — The African…

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF  AFRICAN UNION (AU) ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY 11th July 2023 Today 11th July 2023, the African Union (AU) and its member states commemorate 20 years of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* : HON KWAMI EDEM SENANU SWORN IN AS GHANA’S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AU ADVISORY BOARD AGAINST CORRUPTION (AU ABC) *Arusha, Tanzania*, 25 April, 2023 – Ghana’s representative…

The AACC-CETA has announced a call for nominations of the “2023 AACC Human Rights Award “. The award is anchored on aspiration 3 of #Agenda2063 of the #AfricanUnion,”An Africa of…

By Carole Obure In the wake of the Protestant Reformation of the 1500s, evolving European societies wrestled with determining exactly what cross-cutting roles the church and state should play in…

February 13 2023 55 countries on the continent stand up the African Space Agency Set up within the African Union to boost collaboration in the development of space infrastructures and…

APN Migration Platform  End of Year Report 2022 By E.K.Bensah Jr Deputy Executive Director  22 December, 2022 Although the year has ended reminding us about the centrality of migrants to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

MEDIA ADVISORY What: A Conversation with AUDA-NEPAD’s New CEO The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD is organizing a media breakfast event with its new Chief Executive Officer, H.E Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas.…

Following the celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the #YamoussoukroDecision #YD in #Dakar two weeks ago, a continental workshop on regulatory instruments of the #YD & the Single African Air…

AfCFTA Policy Network (APN) will on 16 December organise an “African Products Day & Business Networking Night” It is primarily an opportunity to bring sellers and buyers together to patronize…

Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting.When: Nov 29, 2022 08:30 Nairobi Register in advance for this meeting:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcuGtpj4rHdY4fyWbkDLsaikKAeoDknJq After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information…

📍The 3⃣rd AU-EU Seminar on #TransitionalJustice is being held in Banjul, #TheGambia🇬🇲 H.E. Dawda Jallow, Minister of @Gambia_MOJ, engages in a Q&A with participants. Many of the participants’ questions at…

.@UNmigration has launched a project to bolster the detection & deterrence of transnational organized crime on Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest tropical freshwater lake & supports…

Please find below critical screenshots of the AMDC side-event underway on sidelines of Africa Industrialization Week in Niger, Niamey: for more information and updates, check www.twitter.com/AfricanAMDC

By MICHAEL WAKABI More by this Author After minimal progress since its launch in January 2018, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) appeared to reach a decision this week…

ECA’s Chief Economist,Hanan Morsy @HananMorsy14 highlights opportunities to fast-track industrialization under @AfCFTA; says easier, cheaper intra-Africa move’t of persons,goods & services will be crucial-“We can’t be flying through Europe &…

Today, am on reporting duty in capacity as MD of Ecowas Business News (www.ecowasbusinessnews.com), and in capacity as West Africa Coordinator of AUDA NEPAD Agenda 2063 Media Network. The topic…

In a move straight from chessmaster’s playbook, KQ has caused tectonic shifts in airline industry. What looked like a beleaguered and ailing regional carrier from East Africa has given vent…

You are cordially invited to participate in AMDCs virtual side event in the margins of the AU Industrialization Summit taking place on 24th November 2022 from 14:00hrs to 15:45hrs Niamey time.…

SInce 2017 when it was established, Ecowas Business News has been positioning itself to become a one-stop shop for critical news around ECOWAS; the AU and its institutions. Join us…

Location : Maseru, Lesotho Closing Date : 6 December 2022

Tea break has just ended and Mr Mohamed Ali, of Afcfta Secretariat, Director of Trade in Goods and Services, is making a presentation on Guided Trade Initiative. Before this session,…

Don’t miss out on our exciting X Spaces tomorrow at 7:00 PM EAT. 🚨 Save the Link: twitter.com/i/spaces/1eaKb… Our panelists; @summermkhululi, @mukupa_ln, @FadhelKaboub, @alaka_lugonzo, @FatmaNyambura , @ThePunditsFolly and @ekbensah will delve…