Niamey, 27 May, 2021 (ECA) – Intergovernmental organizations and private sector operators in West Africa held a meeting this week to deliberate on the sub-region’s readiness to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two-day virtual event from 26 to 27 May was jointly organized by the sub-regional office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
“Our quest is to build synergies among the components of our core mandates of harnessing the demographic dividend and achieving regional integration and the transformational development of West African countries,” said Ngone Diop, Director of the ECA sub-regional office for West Africa.