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#APRMMedia: Prof Maloka Hands Over Mandate to new CEO Marie-Antoinette Rose-Quatre
According to an infographic shared to the APRM Communications Forum platform today, the outgoing CEO Professor Maloka has effectively-handed over the baton to his successor, Marie-Antoinette Rose-Quatre. From Seychelles, Marie-Antoinette…
“ECOWAS, You Make Africa Proud!” — Ambassador Maureen Achieng, IGAD
In a video clip, sent Ecowas Business News (EBN) by ECOWAS representation at AU, of the closing session of the IGAD mission to ECOWAS this week to learn about ECOWAS’…
EBN EDITORIAL: When ASEAN Looks to the AU’s Africa Mining Vision as a Model
A 2-day hybrid workshop on developing an ASEAN Mining Vision has commenced earlier this week in Kuala Lumpur with the objective of establishing a Mining Vision modeled on that of…
Are you ready for Intra-African Coffee & Chocolate Trade Week ?
In September, Equatorial Guinea will host the maiden edition of the Intra Africa Coffee and Cocoa Trade Week (IACCTW). At a time that AFCFTA is all the rage, this event…
#AMDCMedia: AMDC Opens Instagram account
Following the maiden edition of the #MediaForum that was held last month in Tanzania, there has been a steady appreciation of the role of the media in helping amplify conversations…
Second Edition of Banking Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) to Open in Mozambique in June
Maputo, Mozambique – Building on the first edition’s discussions, the second edition of the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) event continues to explore themes, such as digital transformation; financial…
NOW OPEN: REGISTRATION FOR 43RD ORDINARY SESSION OF ACERWC
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: 43rd Ordinary Session📅 15-25 April, 2024📍Maseru, Lesotho Click on to register:🌐🔗 acerwc.africa/en/form/sessio… ACERWC43 YearOfEducation
Maiden Country AMDC Advocacy Workshop Concludes in Accra : Calls for Ghana to ratify AMDC Statutes
The maiden country advocacy workshop for Ghana has ended in Accra with a resounding call by AMDC for Ghana to ratify the statutes of the AMDC, so as to follow…
ECOSOCC and GIZ hold first Free Movement Protocol webinar of 2024
Feb 29, 2024 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) organized and held the first Free Movement Protocol webinar on…
ACBF Joins UNECA & Partners to Deliver AfCFTA Training to Addis-Based Diplomats
ACBF JOINS UNECA AND PARTNERS TO DELIVER AFCFTA TRAINING TO DIPLOMATS IN ADDIS The first-ever training session for African Ambassadors and Diplomats accredited to the African Union was successful. This…
AU’s AMDC Organizes Advocacy Workshop in Ghana Promoting Africa Mining Vision (AMV)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Who: The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) & EU-funded project EU-TAF to support the AfCFTA What: Advocacy Workshop: Promoting Awareness of Sustainable Mineral Resource Management Governance in…
#37th AU Summit: Of Nigeria’s Tectonic Changes & Managing ECOWAS’ Mid-Life Crisis
#37th AU Summit: Of Nigeria’s Tectonic Changes & Managing ECOWAS’ Mid-Life Crisis Ahead of the37th AU Summit, it is important this does not become -another perceived talk-shop where African heads…
Africa’s Lessons for Latin America
BY ANDREA ORDÓÑEZ | DECEMBER 4, 2023 QUITO — Africa is emerging as a global powerhouse, but perceptions of the continent remain tainted with stereotypes. In Latin America, people still…
#AFCFTA & SYNERGY WITH PEACE & SECURITY — A DISCUSSION WITH ISS
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…
REPORT: “The Extractives Sector & the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy in Africa”
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…
EVENT: ECOWAS BUSINESS NEWS INVITED TO AUDA-NEPAD ECOWAS & ECCAS REGIONAL MEDIA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP IN ABUJA
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…
PUBLICATION: ECDPM – “Trouble in Paradise: The EU-Africa Partnership in a Geopolitical Context”
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…
#EVENT: REGIONAL COURTS: AMPLIFYING VOICES OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS
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!” — SG Adeyemi, AfCAC
“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!
#YD Week: S-G Adeyemi of AfCAC: “Africa Wants to Fly!”
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…
TWN Africa To Climax Three-Day Conference with Live Public Forum on Radio
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…
The #Arusha Renaissance: Pan-African #Postal Services Union Superimposes its Presence in #Tanzania
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.
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…
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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)
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…
AACC Announces Call for 2023 Human Rights Award Nomination (30 April Deadline)
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…
Op-Ed: How Can African Union Leverage on Faith-based institutions to ensure Implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG)?
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…
The AU’s African Space Agency is Born!
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
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…
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…
#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…
#SaveTheDate: A Conversation with AUDA-NEPAD’s New CEO
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.…
UNDERWAY: Continental Workshop on Single African Air Transport Market (#SAATM) Opens in Accra
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…
#SaveTheDate: APN Organises Africa Business Networking Night – 15 December
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…
Kenya hosts AMDC Workshop on Continental Value Chains by ASME
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…
UNDERWAY IN #BANJUL: 3rd AU-EU Seminar on #Transitional Justice
📍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…
IOM Launches Anti-Crime Project on Lake Victoria
.@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…
Screenshots: African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) Side-Event in Niamey #AfricaIndustrialization
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
Kenya Joins Rwanda to Kick-start SAATM with 13 Other Countries
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…
“We can’t be flying within Europe & wanting to integrate within Africa” — UNECA Chief Economist
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 &…
AUDA NEPAD Holds Pharmaceutical Meeting in Accra
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…
Kenya Airways (KQ) Creates Accra-Dakar Service
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…
#SaveTheDate: AMDC Organises Sideline Event on 24 November
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…
Ecowas Business News is a renewed conversation reporting the continent
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…
#Vacancy: Senior Communications Officer — ACERWC (Lesotho)
Location : Maseru, Lesotho Closing Date : 6 December 2022
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Twenty-Five Years after YD, Africa’s Aviation Still in an Emergency: AMDC to the Rescue at COP29?
*Twenty-Five Years after YD, Africa’s Aviation Still in an Emergency: AMDC to the Rescue at COP29?* _14 November, 2024_ _By E K Bensah Jr_ Last November, in Abuja, Nigeria, the…
NEW PUBLICATION: “Africa’s Creative Economy: Acing It Up for Agenda 2063”
Why this publication from Africa in Focus (AIF) Show? First, I wanted to remind the world that AIF remains a formidable & quintessential energy in conversations around AU & Ecowas…
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FEATURE: Here’s Why What Happens in Lome This Week at ECOWAS Transport Summit cannot Afford To Stay in Lome
HERE’S WHY WHAT HAPPENS IN LOME THIS WEEK AT ECOWAS TRANSPORT SUMMIT CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY IN LOME BY E K Bensah Jr An institution is only as effective as…
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Airfares Could Soon Drop in West Africa as ECOWAS Takes Action
Ecofin Agency) – High airport taxes and fees make West Africa one of the priciest regions for air travel. Adding to existing hurdles in the sector, this challenge has now…
Financial Inclusion Through Technology: UNDP’s Vision for Mobile Wallets in Africa
The UNDP report highlights digital mobile wallets as essential tools for improving financial inclusion in Cameroon, Sudan, and Zambia, helping underserved populations access secure, affordable financial services. However, challenges like…
#AMDCMedia PODCAST: AMDC Partners Africa Practice et al for “Voices on Africa Mining”
🅽🅴🆆 : PODCAST ALERT ! 🎧In recent months, the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has partnered with Africa Practice and Investing in African Mining Indaba to collaborate with young African…
Nigeria’s Access Bank Expands into Kenya
Access Bank is nearing the final stages of acquiring the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) from the KCB Group, having passed a key milestone with approval from Kenya’s Competition Authority…
West Africa to Lead Continent with Digital Driver’s License & Vehicle Registration
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in collaboration with other West African countries, is set to adopt a unified digital driver’s license and vehicle registration system. The registration initiative is…
OPPORTUNITY: APRM Continental Looking for Multimedia Production Firm to Produce Documentary on African Credit Rating Agency (#AfCRA)
Ahead of significant efforts by the APRM Continental Secretariat to launch the AfCRA in 2025 together with Pan-African partners, such as the African Development Bank and UNECA, APRM is currently…
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EBN in the News: “Is Migration the Only Path to Success for the African Youth?”
Great co-panellists from Ghana and Nigeria who live in the UK and France, respectively. My concern was how they were not up to date on what the AU is trying…