West Africa: Ecowas Reaffirms 2027 Launch of Eco Single Currency

West Africa: Ecowas Reaffirms 2027 Launch of Eco Single Currency

West African leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to launching the ECO single currency in 2027, adopting a phased approach that will allow only member states meeting the bloc's macroeconomic convergence criteria to join the monetary union at its launch.

ECOWAS reaffirms 2027 launch plan for regional ECO currency – Axadle

ECOWAS leaders have moved to break a decades-long deadlock over the ECO, agreeing that West Africa’s planned single currency should begin with the countries ready to meet its rules rather than wait for the entire bloc to qualify at once. At a meeting in Sierra Leone, heads of state endorsed a phased model under which […]

Calls for Gradual Transition to Single Currency as Zimbabwe Pursues ZiG Stability - The Zimbabwe Mail Calls for Gradual Transition to Single Currency as Zimbabwe Pursues ZiG Stability

HARARE – Economic policy think tank Africa Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) has renewed its call for Zimbabwe to gradually transition to a single-currency system, arguing that wider adoption of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) would strengthen macroeconomic stability, improve the effectiveness of monetary policy and enhance confidence in the domestic economy. In a detailed policy roadmap, AEDS said the shift to a single-currency regime should be dr…

A Strategic Meeting to Strengthen Statistical Harmonization in West Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is organizing a meeting of the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of member states from July 27 to 31, 2026, in Dakar, Senegal. This meeting is part of the implementation of the ECOWAS Statistical Policy, which aims to strengthen the harmonization of statistical systems in order to produce reliable, comparable, and timely data to inform public policy a…

A STRATEGIC MEETING TO STRENGTHEN STATISTICAL HARMONIZATION IN WEST AFRICA | Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is organizing a meeting of the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of member states from July 27 to 31, 2026, in Dakar, Senegal. This meeting is part of the implementation of the            ECOWAS Statistical Policy, which aims to strengthen the harmonization of statistical systems in order to produce reliable, comparable, and timely data to inform publ…