Kolawole Sofola

It was my pleasure to co-organise the 4th Annual General Assembly of the ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organisation Network which took place from 16-18 July 2024. The meeting re-elected Senegal and The Gambia as President and Vice President of the Network for the period of 2024-2025.

On 21 May 2024, the ECOWAS Commission and ITC with the support of the EU, launched the West African Competitiveness Observatory, a platform that allows West African policymakers to monitor and analyse trade competitiveness, and enables companies to identify business opportunities

Today, DG @NOIweala welcomed Benin's Minister of Industry and Trade @ShadiyaAssouman to the WTO. They discussed plans for the upcoming World Cotton Day in Benin, the first African country to host it, and other trade topics like #FisheriesSubsidies. Here are their key takeaways 👇

Today, I had the pleasure of sharing our experience on the development of the ECOWAS Ecommerce Strategy to 7th Session of the UN Trade & Development Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Ecommerce and the digital economy in Geneva #ecowas_cedeao #unctad

It was a pleasure to inspect the Seme-Krake Joint Border Posts (JBP) with member of the ECOWAS Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) on 2 May 2024. Critical insights were provided by the Comptrollers of Customs and Immigration/Police of Benin and Nigerian. @ecowas_cedeao

British teen Alex Batty due back in UK in next few days and family “massively relieved” after he was found in France six years after his disappearance, say police bbc.in/4ajwu0B

La CEDEAO adopte une stratégie régionale visant à accélérer la mise en œuvre de l'Accord portant création de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine et à tirer parti des opportunités de croissance et de prospérité qu’offre la région... ecowas.int/la-commission-…

#Football offers great economic potential for the #Cotton Four countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad & Mali). We must help improve the integration of their cotton sector into global textile & sports apparel value chains. -@tembo_dorothy at @wto and @FIFAcom's ⚽️& trade event.

@MeneWamkele @NewAfricanMag Congratulations to you and your hardworking team. Light up Africa !

I am honoured and humbled by this prestigious recognition from @NewAfricanMag as one of Africa’s most influential leaders. Serving a thriving continent and driving its people to the fulfilment of a prosperous Africa inspires me each day. #Africa #AfCFTA #TheAfricaWeWant

Niamey on arrive! L’industrialisation et le commerce sont indissociables! This is why @ITCnews will be in Niger with our African stakeholders to deliver on continental value chains! #MadebyAfrica! @AU_ETTIM @afreximbank @ITC_MMimouni @NatalieDomeisen @ITC_MktAnalysis

#Ongoing: The programme officer is giving the overview of the WACOMP activities and status of implementation of the recommendations of SSC. #WACOMP

#Ongoing: The Acting Director of Trade of @ecowas_cedao highlighted the key components of the Programme #WACOMP

We just concluded the Opening Ceremony of the #MatchMeetTrade 2022 after opening remarks from the Representatives of the Stakeholders. @FakhruddinAziz from @UNIDO_Ghana @PhoolchundRuben from @ITCnews Timothy Dolan from @EuropeInGhana @kolasofola from @ecowas_cedeao

@WACOMP_ECOWAS @fakhruddinaziz @PhoolchundRuben @ITCnews @EuropeInGhana @kolasofola @ecowas_cedeao @EuropeInGhana emphasised #EU @MatchMeetTrade #WACOMP is strengthening regional integration for #MSMEs #SMEs competitiveness in #Ghana and other #ECOWAS countries implemented by @UNIDO and @ITCnews

To bridge knowledge gap in holding #StateActors #accountable for their commitments to implement, monitor, and evaluate #tradeinstruments, @gizNIG_ECOWAS Commission has trained 25 #journalists from anglophone #WestAfrican countries in #Lagos #Nigeria @kenukaoha @kolasofola

#HappeningNow virtually: ECOWAS forum on leveraging green investment opportunities under the #AfCFTA organized by @ecowas_cedeao in partnership with @ECA_SROWA @ECA_OFFICIAL @AfDB_Group & financially supported by @Denmark_Addis. @kolasofola

The 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations Conference & Awards will take place in May in Accra, #Ghana. With @GEPAGhana, we are celebrating trade promotion organizations with bold solutions for #smallbusiness resilience & recovery. Join #WTPO2022▶️ bit.ly/3gGQQGl