ECOWAS Issues $50,000 Grants To Support Cape Verde’s Infrastructure Development(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has granted 50,000 dollars to the Republic of Cape Verde to support the country’s 2025 to 2040 infrastructure master plan. Ahofodji said that Mr Sediko Douka, ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitisation, while presenting the cheque, said ECOWAS was committed to supporting member states to develop their infrastructure. Responding, Cape Verde’s Minister of Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Housing, Victor Coutinho, thanked the ECOWAS Commission for the support. The minister said that the collaboration underlined Cape Verde’s commitment to the principles of regional integration, solidarity and shared prosperity. He said the master plan aimed to provide a comprehensive framework covering all sectors of economic and social infrastructure that would stimulate economic development, growth and regional integration, Ahofodji said.