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Oct
Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, wants members of the Economic Community of West African States to start a common currency a year earlier than planned. “I want this common currency to be available by 2026 at the latest,” Ouattara said following a meeting with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan. “Ivory Coast has made significant efforts and from next year, it will be ready to meet the required convergence criteria,” Ouattara said. The 15-member Ecowas, which has been pursuing a common currency project for more than two decades, decided in 2021 to introduce a new road…