Created on January 10, 1994 in Dakar, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has the essential objective of building a harmonized and integrated economic space in West Africa, within which the free movement of people, capital, goods, services and factors of production is guaranteed, as well as the effective enjoyment of the right to practice and establish a business, and the right of residence for citizens throughout the community.
Eight coastal and Sahelian states, linked by a common currency, the FCFA, and benefiting from common cultural traditions, make up the UEMOA: Benin, Burkina, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. The UEMOA covers an area of 3,506,126 km2 and has a population of 123.6 million. The GDP growth rate, at constant prices, is 6.1% in 2019. (Source: INS/C. UEMOA : RSM June 2020)
UEMOA is represented by a logo symbolizing growth, union, solidarity and complementarity between coastal and Sahelian states.
The logo represents two dynamic, elliptical shapes which, despite their specificities, intertwine to express two strong notions: the solidarity and complementarity of the States and peoples of the Union.
This solidarity and complementarity are ready to be released in a continuous upward movement that will lead to the economic, social and cultural blossoming of our respective populations.
Here, the energy of the forest creepers harmonizes with the warm, lively vibrations of the Sahel to produce the sphere of happiness that illustrates the characteristics and objectives of the WAEMU:
Natural resources and material equipment (lower 1/2 sphere in blue), intellectual resources (1/2 sphere in gold);
The white circle expresses Peace, Serenity and Stability, which must remain the anchor points of the UEMOA integration process.
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