ECOWAS) West African States (The Economic Community of Commission is set to invest $35bn in creating solar and other renewable energy sources as well as infrastructure projects in Nigeria over the next eight years. The announcement from ECOWAS President Marcel de Souza at the annual Powering Africa: Nigeria 2017 conference came as he and other participants called on delegates to find and invest in solutions to the country's energy needs, saying such projects would stimulate the Nigerian economy.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is set to invest $35bn in creating solar and other renewable energy sources as well as infrastructure projects in Nigeria over the next eight years. The announcement from ECOWAS President Marcel de Souza at the annual Powering Africa: Nigeria 2017 conference came as he and other participants called on delegates to find and invest in solutions to the country's energy needs, saying such projects would stimulate the Nigerian economy.