The ECOWAS Commission has convened a Regional Automotive Industry Development Forum to accelerate the implementation of the ECOWAS Regional Automotive Policy Framework and unlock the region’s vast industrial potential. Against this backdrop, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Private Sector and Industry, convened the three-day Regional Automotive Industry Development Forum in Abuja, Nigeria. “The automotive industry presents an important opportunity for West Africa’s industrial transformation. Declaring the forum open, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Senator Enoh, said the meeting reflected the region’s shared determination to strengthen implementation of the ECOWAS Automotive Industry Policy Framework and transform West Africa into an integrated and self-sustaining automotive manufacturing hub. The forum brought together “senior policymakers and key industry stakeholders from across West Africa to advance coordinated regional action towards building a competitive, integrated and sustainable automotive industry capable of driving industrialisation, regional trade and economic diversification”.