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Overview

MOFCOM provides $31.6 million grant for ECOWAS Headquarters Building Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$31,798,963
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Africa, regionalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Africa, regionalSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 14, 2018
Start (planned)
Jan 1, 2020
Start (actual)
Dec 4, 2022
End (planned)
Mar 1, 2022

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach)

Loan desecription

MOFCOM provides $31.6 million grant for ECOWAS Headquarters Building Construction Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 14, 2018, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Chinese Government signed a $31.6 million grant agreement for the ECOWAS Headquarters Building Construction Project. The purpose of the project is to construct a new headquarters building for ECOWAS in Abuja, Nigeria and consolidate ECOWAS operations from three buildings to one. The Chinese Government also agreed agreed to cover the cost of the first 3 years of maintenance for the building. On July 10, 2019, the parties signed a project implementation agreement. China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach) is the contractor responsible for project implementation. Construction was originally scheduled to commence in January 2020. However, a groundbreaking ceremony did not take place until December 4, 2022. The project was originally scheduled to reach completion within 26 months (March 1, 2022).

Staff comments

1. The Chinese project title is 援西非国家经济共同体总部办公楼项目. 2. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a 15-member regional group in Africa with a directive of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries. Member countries that are part of ECOWAS include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo