The ECOWAS Commission convened the Fourth (4th) Meeting of the ECOWAS Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) in Abuja, Nigeria, from November 20th to 22nd, 2023. The objective of the meeting was to review the implementation of trade facilitation reforms within the…
Borderless Alliance, a pioneer since its establishment in 2011, continued its legacy of organizing annual conferences across the West African subregion. These conferences serve as a cornerstone for fostering public and private sector dialogue within the trade and transport industry,…
On 9th February 2024 , the President of the ECOWAS Commission sanctioned a special Mission to the Bo-Waterside-Jendema land border, where Engineers, Sector Ministries and Border Control Officials from the two neighboring Member States, Liberia and Sierra Leone, met to…
From October 3 to 5, 2023 in Cotonou, Benin, the Commission supported the Task Force on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme in the organization of a high-level ministerial meeting on trade obstacles on the Abidjan- Lagos Corridor. This followed observations…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), organized a regional capacity building workshop for Master Trainers from Business Associations on the African Continental Free…
A meeting of Directors General of Customs was held in Lomé, Togo, on 8th and 9th June 2023 on the Interconnected System for the Management of Goods in Transit (SIGMAT) between the Customs Administrations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,…
In an effort to enhance foreign investments, tourism and provide easier access to abundant opportunities within the ECOWAS region, the Authority of ECOWAS Head of State and Government adopted in 2011 the introduction of ECOVISA, a single visa system similar…
The Third Meeting of the ECOWAS Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) was held on 27 – 29 March in Accra – Ghana, to review the implementation of regional trade facilitation reforms and consider innovative approaches to improve free movement of…
Following the adoption of the new “Supplementary Act A /07/22 Amending Supplementary Act A Relating to the Harmonization of Standards and Procedures for the Control of Dimensions, Weight, and Axle Load of Goods Vehicles in West Africa”, ECOWAS in close…
The ECOWAS Online Empowerment Program Training for National Trade Facilitation Committees launched in November 2022 is now operational in several countries in the ECOWAS region. Members of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) from the Economic Community of West African States…
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