The WAIICT initiative is also patterned along global ICT developments, where software development and programming languages require basically similar skills. I am tempted to say that with such an initiative, the West African sub-region and indeed the entire continent of Africa, can enjoy the benefits of an ICT revolution because of the availability of English-speaking, high quality and low cost labor.
Non-standard monetary policy measures and progress towards a banking union are, thus, of prime importance, in order to reduce market fragmentation and allow the normal transmission of monetary policy to the most vulnerable areas of the monetary union. 4  BIS central bankers’ speeches