| Communique | WARF Secretariat

2026 Roadmap: Implementation Priorities for West Africa's Refined Products Market

At the inaugural West Africa refined fuels market conference, regulators and industry stakeholders agreed on a detailed roadmap to build a resilient regional market.

Priority actions include stabilizing refining capacity, harmonizing regulations, modernizing logistics networks, and expanding storage infrastructure across the sub-region.

The roadmap also calls for transparent pricing benchmarks to support fair trade and investment confidence, with Lagos positioned as the reference hub.

Stakeholders committed to coordinated reporting, data integrity, and collaborative monitoring to track progress through 2026.