Intra-Regional Trade (ECOWAS & ETLS) Posts filed under Intra-Regional Trade (ECOWAS & ETLS).
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The Résumé: Is Bassirou Diomaye Faye Actually Qualified to Chair ECOWAS?
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know; ECOWAS Chairman, 2025. Requirements: credibilit…
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SIGMAT Launches on the Nigeria-Benin Border — & Quietly Admits What the Old System Was Actually Losing
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know; A shiny new digital customs platform, officially laun…
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The Convention That Needed a Backup Plan, Which Also Failed
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: Sahel road freight already operates under two s…
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18% More Expensive, & Nobody Voted for the Extra Cost: Inside the Sahel’s New Checkpoint Economy
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know Food prices in Sahelian cities are up 18% since early …
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1,600 Stranded Trucks & a Border That’s Still Actually Closed: The Real Story Behind the Tsamiya-Kamba Reopening
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know Over 1,600 trucks bound for Niger sat stranded at the …
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Nigeria Reopens the Tsamiya Border — Seven Years After a Closure That Never Actually Stopped the Smuggling
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know In 2019, Nigeria closed its border with Benin sp…
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Guinea Joins the Eco Task Force — Then Announces It’s Not Using the Eco
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know Guinea just got a seat on the committee steering West …
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ECOWAS Reaffirms the 2027 Eco Launch — & the Currency Scandal That’s Haunted It Since 2019
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know, In July 2026, ECOWAS leaders stood up and…
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The Budget vs. The Crisis: What $1 Billion Actually BuysAgainst Hunger
Here’s what you need to know:● The World Bank-backed West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program(FSRP) launched on June 15, 2022, with an initia…
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Trademarking a Name That’s Already Taken: InsideECOWAS’s Legal Scramble for “Eco”
Here’s what you need to know:● ECOWAS has directed the West African Monetary Agency (WAMA) and itsCommission to intensify coordination with cent…