ECOWAS Moves to Review 0.5% Import Levy Amid Revenue Decline
ECOWAS member states, including Ghana, have begun reviewing the bloc’s Community Levy, a 0.5% tax on imports from non-ECOWAS countries, to address declining revenues and strengthen financing for regional programmes. The levy, which provides up to 80% of ECOWAS’s budget, has been in place for over 18 years but now faces challenges related to compliance, efficiency, […]
ECOWAS Steps Up Efforts to Implement Enhanced Trade Scheme
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is stepping up efforts to improve its Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) after a regional meeting in Accra, Ghana, from 9–12 September 2025, which identified ongoing obstacles to intra-regional trade. The ETLS, which allows duty-free movement of qualifying goods produced within the region, is central to ECOWAS’s goal […]
Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30
The Climate Ambition Summit, held on 24 September at UN Headquarters in New York, marks a pivotal moment ahead of COP30. Designed as a focused high-level event rather than a negotiating session, it calls on world leaders, businesses, and civil society to deliver new or updated national climate pledges under the Paris Agreement. UN Secretary-General […]