Staff Writer

 As part of its efforts to strengthen the regional energy data ecosystem, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Energy and Mines Directorate, has provided technical and financial support to the Liberian Ministry of Mines and Energy to set up the Liberia Energy Information System (Liberia-EIS). An intensive training course for national stakeholders was held in Monrovia from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July 2025, using a practical, step-by-step approach. Participants […]

 Policymakers from across Africa and Asia and the Pacific have gathered in Zambia this week to explore how data, financing and delivery models can be strengthened to make social protection systems more inclusive and resilient. The push comes as governments face growing pressure to respond to overlapping shocks, from food price spikes to tightening public budgets. Globally, nearly 2 billion people, about 47.6 per cent of the population, still lack […]

 On 7 July 2025, the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja hosted a day of high-level strategic consultations, presided over by H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, bringing together key regional and international stakeholders to advance cooperation in fiscal governance, peace through scientific diplomacy, legal integration, and infrastructure development. The meetings — with the Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa (ABWA), the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), the West African […]

  The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza, has today asked the portfolio committees on Police, Justice and Constitutional Development and the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence to consider, on an urgent basis, in terms of their respective mandates the wide ranging allegations regarding security matters that have implications for the country’s national security made by the KZN Police Commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, and report to the National Assembly. […]

 As part of the implementation of the third edition of the Information and Awareness Campaign for small-scale cross-border traders along the Abidjan – Lagos corridor, the Department of Human Development and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Economic Affairs and Agriculture of the ECOWAS Commission organised the official launch of the Lomé stage on the 4th of July 2025 at the Hôtel 2 février in Lomé, Togo. The launch […]

 During the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda, the member states signed a framework agreement—the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with the aim of: Creating a single continental market for goods and services with free movement of business people and investment, thus accelerating the establishment of a Custom Union. Expanding intra-African trade through better harmonization, coordination of trade liberalization and facilitation instruments […]

 On July 7, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania H.E. Chen Mingjian met with UN Resident Coordinator in Tanzania Susan Ngongi Namondo at the Embassy. They exchanged views on furthering tripartite cooperation among China, Tanzania and UN.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Republic of Tanzania.    

 With Angola’s oil and gas industry on track for significant growth, driven by $60 billion in upstream investment over the next five years, the demand for innovative oilfield services is also anticipated to rise. As sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest oil producer, the country already boasts the presence of several major regional and global service providers, all of which are eager to step-up their support of Angola’s upstream oil and gas […]

 Deputy Minister for Finance, Hon. Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has sworn in an eight-member Board of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) at a brief ceremony in Accra. Speaking at the inauguration, the Deputy Minister highlighted the government’s confidence in the newly constituted Board, stating that their appointment reflected trust in their expertise and leadership. He urged the Board to prioritize the identification and funding of bankable infrastructure projects that have […]