COMMON CURRENCY

ECOWAS set 2020 as deadline for implementing common currency. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is working assiduously to introduce a common currency by 2020. Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, Commissioner for Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research at the ECOWAS Secretariat, said a high-level Technical Group is working on implementing the single currency. This announcement came at a meeting attended by representatives of eight central banks from the sub-region, officials of finance ministries, West Africa…