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The 10th Annual Borderless Conference – Borderless 2023 , ‘Strengthening Regional Agricultural Value Chains To Compete In A Global Market’

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,…

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ECOWAS deepens support to the Private Sector to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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…

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ECOWAS’ interconnected System for the Management of Goods in Transit (SIGMAT) now operational in nine (9) Member States

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,…

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Progressing Towards ECOVISA Implementation: ECOWAS Experts and Heads of Immigration Engage in Deliberations

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…

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The ECOWAS Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) meet to discuss the elimination of non-tariff barriers in the region

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…

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ECOWAS, UEMOA, and stakeholders met to discuss the new harmonized axle load control act, adopted by ECOWAS presidents in July 2022.

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…

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Cote D’Ivoire Ghana, Nigeria and Togo Recommit to a 6-Lane Dual Carriage Highway from Abidjan to Lagos

The ECOWAS Commission, the Implementing Agency for the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project, on March 17, 2023, organized the eighteenth (18th)) Project Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to assess the progress made in the project implementation and…

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