ECOWAS was built to be West Africa’s economic engine, yet today it resembles a giant stuck in mud—vast in population and promise, but painfully slow in delivery. While the Alliance of Sahel States moves with urgency, building banks and rerouting trade, ECOWAS entrepreneurs drown in tariffs, delays, and costly transfers. The irony is brutal: it’s cheaper to ship to Europe than to trade next door.

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