The COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to the Bank of Canada's development of a digital currency and decision could come ...

At the ECOWAS summit, the implementation of the eco – the single currency due to come into effect in 2027 – appears to have been relaunched. However, nothing points to this timetable being met. In ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plans to introduce a regional currency by July 2027 despite past delays and ongoing hurdles. The pledge was made at the recent Sahel Governance ...

Nigeria has urged West African Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors to uphold fiscal and monetary discipline, revealing that security challenges, inflation and global economic disruptions ...

Africa stands at the cusp of a financial revolution as Ecowas region financial ministers and central bank governors advanced plans to launch the single currency initiative, known as the ECO. The ...

Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from across the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened in Abuja to tackle the possibility of launching the single currency, the ECO.