Member Chambers
Member Chambers
Our Member Chambers represent the private sector of the fifteen countries located in West Africa. These countries have shared cultural and geopolitical ties and are working towards economic integration through the regional group ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States).
République du Bénin
Head of State/Gorvenment: H.E. Patrice Guillaume Athanase TALON
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Porto-Novo
Land Area: 112.622 Km2
Population: 10,323,000
Independence: August 1, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
REPRESENTED BY: Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Bénin
Burkina Faso
Head of State/Gorvenment: Roch Marc Christian KABORE
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Ouagadougou
Land Area: 274,200 km2. 105,869 sq mi
Population: 2014 estimate 17,4 millions
Independence: 5th August, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République du Cap-Vert
Head of State/Gorvenment: HE Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Governance: Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic
Capital: Praia
Land Area: 4,033 km2 or 1,557 sq mi
Population: 2013 estimate 512,096
Independence: 5 July, 1975
Official Language: Portuguese
Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Côte d’Ivoire
Head of State/Gorvenment: SEM Alassane Dramane OUATTARA
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Land Area: 322,463 km2 or 124,502 sq mi
Population: 25 232 905 (2014)
Independence: 7 August, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République de Gambie
Head of State/Gorvenment: H.E. Adama Barrow
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Banjul
Land Area: 10,689 km2 or 4,007 sq mi
Population: 2013 Census 1,882,450
Independence: 18 February 1965
Official Language: English
Currency: Dalasi (GMD
République du Ghana
Head of State/Gorvenment: Nana Akufo-Addo
Governance: Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Capital: Accra
Land Area: 238,535 km2 or 92,099 sq mi
Population: 2014 estimate 27 million
Independence: 6 March, 1957
Official Language: English
Currency: Ghana cedi (GH₵) (GHS
République de la Guinée
Head of State/Gorvenment: Alpha Condé
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Conakry
Land Area: 245,836 km2 or 94,926 sq mi
Population: July 2009 estimate 10,057,975[4] (81st) - 2014 census 10,628,972
Independence: 2 October, 1958
Official Language: French
Currency: Guinean franc (GNF)
République de la Guinée-Bissau
Head of State/Gorvenment: José Mário Vaz
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Bissau
Land Area: 36,125 km2 or 13,948 sq mi
Population: 2010 estimate 1,647,000 - 2002 census 1,345,479
Independence: 24 September, 1973
Official Language: Portuguese
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République du Libéria
Head of State/Gorvenment: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Governance: Presidential Constitutional Republic
Capital: Monrovia
Land Area: 111,369 km2 or 43,000 sq mi
Population: 2014 estimate 4,092,310
Independence: 26 July, 1847
Official Language: English
Currency: Liberian Dollars (LRD)
République du Mali
Head of State/Gorvenment: Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Bamako
Land Area: 1,240,192 km2 or 478,839 sq mi
Population: April 2009 census 14,517,176
Independence: 22 September, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République du Niger
Head of State/Gorvenment: Mahamadou Issoufou
Governance: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Capital: NiameyLand Area: 1,267,000 km2 and 489,678 sq mi
Population: 2012 census 17,138,707
Independence: 3rd August, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République fédérale du Nigéria
Head of State/Gorvenment: Muhammadu Buhari
Governance: Federal Presidential Republic
Capital: Abuja
Land Area: 923,768 km2 or 356,667 sq mi
Population: 2013 estimate 174,507,539
Independence: 1 October, 1960
Official Language: English
Currency: Naira
République du Sénégal
Head of State/Gorvenment: Macky Sall
Governance: Presidential Republic
Capital: Dakar
Land Area: 196,712 km2 or 76,000 sq mi
Population: 2013 census 13,508,715
Independence: 4th April 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
République de Sierra Léone
Head of State/Gorvenment: Ernest Bai Koroma
Governance: Presidential constitutional republic
Capital: Freetown
Land Area: 71,740 km2 or 27,699 sq mi
Population: 2013 estimate 6,190,280
Independence: 27 April, 1961
Official Language: English
Currency: Leone (SLL)
République du Togo
Head of State/Gorvenment: Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
Governance: Presidential republic
Capital: Lomé
Land Area: 56,785 km2 or 21,925 sq mi
Population: 2013 estimate 7,154,237
Independence: 27 April, 1960
Official Language: French
Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)