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The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has called on West African countries to fast-track the integration of their capital markets, warning that delay would undermine the region’s ability to mobilise the scale of investment required for sustainable growth.
Nigeria has spent a total of N4 trillion on fuel imports in just the first six months of 2025.
Nigeria exported a total of 663 million metric tonnes of products to 11 ECOWAS member states in the first half of 2025, according to the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC).
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin have commenced the implementation of a new economic cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and regional integration.
The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has said that creating a unified digital market across ECOWAS could unlock billions of dollars in investments for the region.
Nigeria's Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said that in 2024, West Africa's exported...
President Bola Tinubu has called on West African nations to end the practice of exporting raw minerals without processing them locally a trend he described as the “pit-to-port” dependency urging instead for investment in regional value chains, manufacturing, and innovation.
West Africa’s youth unemployment rate has reached 24.95%, placing the region among the worst globally.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has urged ECOWAS nations to deepen economic cooperation and support intra-regional trade, emphasizing that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must serve as a catalyst for genuine transformation across the region.
Nigeria has officially gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS Schedule of Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the AfCFTA Secretariat.
Policy experts at Nextier, a leading policy and research firm, have warned about the growing challenges facing Nigeria’s...
Trade between Nigeria and Niger Republic rebounded strongly in 2024, with exports from Nigeria soaring by 77.12% to N82.38 billion, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).