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TICAD SIXTH MEETING IN NAIROBI: SEVENTY-THREE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN JAPAN AND AFRICA
The sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) ended August 28, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya in the presence of Japanese Prime Minister and more than thirty African Heads of State and Government, among them Ellen Johnson SIRLEAF, Chairperson of the ECOWAS Conference of Heads of State and Government. The TICAD sixth meeting was marked
ECOWAS / World Bank Cooperation intensifies
The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Marcel Alain DE SOUZA and the Representative of the World Bank for the West African region Mr. Rachid Benmssaoud met Monday, August 22, 2016 at the ECOWAS Commission to update the cooperation between their institutions and give new impetus to the ongoing cooperation projects. During this meeting both personalities
Creation of an AfDB-ECOWAS working group for the preparation of the CDP Round Table
A technical working group involving experts from ECOWAS and AfDB has been established to facilitate the mobilization of regional and international private sector as part of the Round Table to finance priority projects of the PCD. This initiative came just a few days after the working visit of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr.
3rd Meeting of the Strategic Orientation Committee: EU, West Africa to review the status of implementation of RIP EDF Projects and Programs
Mr. Komi Sélom Klassou, Prime Minister of Togo chaired June 23, 2016, in Lome, the third meeting of the Strategic Orientation Committee (SOC) in presence of Mr. Marcel A. de Souza, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Soumare Cheikhe Hadjibou, President of the UEMOA Commission, Carla Montesi, Director for West and Central Africa of the
The President of the ECOWAS Commission received the credentials of four new ambassadors
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Marcel de Souza received, 15 June 2016, in Abuja the credentials of four new ambassadors accredited to ECOWAS. These include His Excellency Stephane De Loecker the Kingdom of Belgium, His Excellency Dr. Gabor Ternak of the Republic of Hungary, His Excellency Paul Lehmann of Australia and His Excellency
ECOWAS AND UEMOA MET IN OUAGADOUGOU TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE 11TH EDF REGIONAL INDICATIVE PROGRAM FOR WEST AFRICA.
ECOWAS and UEMOA jointly organized from 6 to 10 June 2016 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso regional seminar meetings to prepare, with the stakeholders of the 11th EDF Regional Indicative Programme, the third meeting of the Strategic Orientation Committee (SOC) that will take place in Lomé on 22 and 23 June 2016. The meeting allowed the
