{"id":5048,"date":"2026-02-18T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2026-02-21T02:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:25:26","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%88-eco%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%8f%d9%88%d9%8e%d8%ad%d9%8e%d9%91%d8%af%d9%8e%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b3%d9%8f%d8%b1%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%88-eco%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%8f%d9%88%d9%8e%d8%ad%d9%8e%d9%91%d8%af%d9%8e%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b3%d9%8f%d8%b1%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%af\/","title":{"rendered":"West Africa Faces Diverging Paths on the Launch of the \u201cEco\u201d Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">While the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries adhere to the roadmap keeping the <strong>CFA franc<\/strong> in use until 2027, a growing current within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is pushing for the introduction of the <strong>\u201cEco\u201d<\/strong> under a multi-speed approach. This divergence reflects contrasting views between countries prioritizing monetary stability in the short term and others believing that repeated delays sap the project of its political momentum.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Countries such as <strong>Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Gambia<\/strong> consider that launching an initial core of the unified currency could represent a practical step toward broader monetary sovereignty, rather than waiting for comprehensive consensus that could take years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet this path raises a critical question: will the <strong>\u201cEco\u201d<\/strong> lead to a flexible, gradual integration, or will it create a new monetary divide within West Africa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-tpgb-tp-heading tp-core-heading tpgb-block-9d40_5048\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries adhere to the roadmap keeping the CFA franc in use until 2027, a growing current within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is pushing for the introduction of the \u201cEco\u201d under a multi-speed approach. This divergence reflects contrasting views between countries prioritizing monetary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5048"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5070,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions\/5070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/an-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}