Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

 As the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project (ECOWAS-REAP) approaches closure, members of the project led by the ECOWAS Directorate of Energy and Mines, has commenced a Lessons and Result Note (LeaRN) Mission organized by the World Bank in The Gambia to document key experiences, share lessons learned, and identify opportunities to strengthe...

H.E. Anthony Oluwatosin OGUNJIMI, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, led a delegation to the Headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire on the 12th of October 2026 for discussions with the Bank’s leadership, led by Mr. Abdul KAMARA, Acting Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery. The meeting p...

Dakar, 12 October 2026 — More than one hundred participants representing Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), civil society organizations, and regional institutions met online on Monday, 12 October 2026, to contribute to the development of a common regional position on the care economy, climate action, and the green economy.

Organize...

As part of the handover of responsibilities between the outgoing and incoming Chair of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS), Lieutenant General Amara Idara Bangoura, Chief of Defence Staff of Sierra Leone and outgoing Chair, and Vice Admiral Oumar Wade, Chief of Defence Staff of Senegal and incoming Chair, paid a courtesy visit to Nigeria’s Chief of ...

The Directorate of Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, is organizing the “First Meeting of the ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination Team.” at Zuma Rock Resort, Niger State, Nigeria, from 12-16 October 2026. The representatives are from ECOWAS Institutions, Departments, and Agencies.

The overall objective of the meeting is to strengthen the...