{"id":42093,"date":"2026-08-10T20:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42093"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:17:05","slug":"ecowas-au-conclude-digital-platform-training-to-track-west-african-integration","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ecowas-au-conclude-digital-platform-training-to-track-west-african-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS, AU conclude digital platform training to track West African integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, in collaboration with the African Union (AU), has concluded a four-day technical workshop in Abuja focused on the African Regional Integration Synthesized Index (ASRII) digital platform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The training brought together 20 representatives from key ECOWAS directorates alongside AU delegates and technical consultants. Supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the initiative aims to modernise how regional integration is tracked across political, economic, infrastructure, and human and social dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a briefing to mark the end of the workshop, ECOWAS Commission Secretary General Muazu Umaru underscored the need to move away from historical low data usage and transition toward evidence-backed policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Data enthusiasm across Africa has historically been low because we haven&#8217;t consistently allowed data to drive our development decisions,&#8221; Umaru said. &#8220;ECOWAS has accomplished a great deal, but we must back our progress with concrete evidence. We need to transition this vision into a comprehensive blueprint and implementation plan for regional data management.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate of Research and Statistics will serve as the principal focal point for the ASRII platform within ECOWAS, utilising existing planning and monitoring frameworks to validate data and track Member States&#8217; progress on regional commitments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/ECOWAS&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15873,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-42093","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"ECOWAS, AU launch new digital tool to monitor regional growth, commitments","published_date":"2026-08-10 19:29:29","news_description":"ECOWAS, AU launch new digital tool to monitor regional growth, commitments","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42094,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42093\/revisions\/42094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}