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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on Member States to enforce its existing protocols designed to ensure the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

The Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has assumed the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the conclusion of the bloc’s 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Lungi, Sierra Leone on Sunday.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to present a united voice against Afro-phobic attacks in South Africa.

Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, says that the Federal Government is intensifying efforts to promote freer movement across Africa to boost trade, investment and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation.

South Africa and Namibia to convene joint business forum on Friday aimed at removing cross‑border trade barriers and accelerating industrial cooperation.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised alarm over the escalating cases of drug abuse across the sub-region.

The ECOWAS Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to humanitarian assistance, community resilience, and regional solidarity through the commissioning of boreholes, schools, and livelihood support initiatives for vulnerable populations and host communities in Ghana under the ECOWAS Humanitarian Assistance to the Persons of Concern (PoCs) (IDPs, Refugees, Returnees, and Asylum seekers).

The ECOWAS Commission organised the 7th Meeting of the ECOWAS Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) in Banjul, The Gambia from 15th to 17th June 2026.

Intra-African trade increased by 5.47 per cent to an estimated $213.8 billion in 2025, up from $202.7 billion in 2024, the latest African Trade Report released by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said.

Faced with a major paradox representing nearly 19% of the world’s population while accounting for less than 1% of global insurance premiums African insurance stakeholders are mobilizing.