The first stone of the WAPP Information and Coordination Center in Benin

Abidjan, Jan 2 (AIP) - Marcel de Souza, chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Tuesday in Abomey-Calavi, Benin, Construction of the West African Electricity Exchange System (WAPP) Information and Coordination Center (CIC), better known as WAPP.

The works, with a total cost of 13.32 billion FCFA, 6.23 billion for construction and 7.9 billion for equipment, are financed by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), reports a press release Of the ECOWAS Commission transmitted to the AIP on Friday. According to Marcel de Souza, this Center will allow the Electricity Exchange System