West Africa
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Accra to build 10 metre drain
The GARID Project will start building a 10 metre wide underground stormwater drain in Accra's Kaneshie enclave from September 7. The 1.5 kilometre structure will replace two ageing pipes and aims to ease flooding along…
MTN eyes banking licences for lending
MTN is exploring banking licences in markets where its Mobile Money service has significant reach, a move that could let it take deposits and lend…
Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA
Endeavour Mining, West Africa’s largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for Q1 2026, up 29% quarter-on-quarter, with…
Ghana’s AgriConnect plan targets 2.6m jobs
Ghana launched the AgriConnect Compact on June 3 with World Bank, IFAD and IFC support, targeting 2.6 million jobs by 2035 and food security for…
Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA
Endeavour Mining posted record Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $880 million and free cash flow of $613 million as gold prices hit $4,810 per ounce, up…
Markets price Senegal for debt restructuring
JPMorgan’s May 26 research note revealed that Senegal’s 2033 Eurobonds are pricing in a restructuring scenario with a 15% haircut, five-year…
$25bn Nigeria-Morocco pipeline deal locks in
Nigeria and Morocco will sign an intergovernmental agreement in Q4 2026 for the $25 billion African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, a 6,900-kilometre route…
Hormuz closure sends buyers to West Africa
The near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz is redirecting global crude buyers toward West Africa and Latin America, creating a demand surge for…
IMF approves $266m for Liberia climate facility
The IMF approved $266 million for Liberia under a 21-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility, extending one of the Fund’s newest…
Benin votes as Wadagni set to succeed Talon
Benin’s April 12 presidential election closed with Romuald Wadagni, finance minister and Talon’s endorsed successor, widely expected to win after…
Benin votes tomorrow as Talon picks his successor
Benin votes April 12 as outgoing President Patrice Talon steps down after a decade, with finance minister Romuald Wadagni the heavy favourite in a…
Ivory Coast kills 26-year trade barrier with Sahel
Côte d’Ivoire has scrapped a 26-year customs visa requirement on cargo to Mali and Burkina Faso, replacing it with two live digital transit systems…
Stanbic launches women’s banking in Ghana
IN SHORT: Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched Obaa Sima, a dedicated women’s banking proposition targeting Ghana’s $5 billion female financing gap.…
World Bank approves $240m to protect West Africa’s coastline
The World Bank has approved $240 million for WACA+, a new coastal protection and blue economy programme in Benin and Mauritania expected to create…
Nigeria’s oil earned less in 2025 despite pumping more
Nigeria earned $31.54 billion from crude oil in 2025, down 14.4% from $36.85 billion in 2024, despite higher production. The gap reflects quota…
Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN
President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.…
Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.
Ghana’s Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over its mine life. New academic research warns the…
Burkina Faso built the factories. Now it wants the tomatoes.
Burkina Faso’s tomato export ban, effective March 16, is not a sudden policy shock. It is the enforcement step of a three-year industrial strategy:…
265,000 Africans applied for 3,200 startup spots
The Tony Elumelu Foundation announces its 12th TEF Entrepreneurship Programme cohort on March 22. Over 265,000 applications came in from all 54…
Bolloré faces corruption trial over Togo port
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré faces a December 2026 criminal trial over allegations that his group bribed West African presidents through…
CAF takes Senegal’s AFCON crown
CAF’s appeals board has stripped Senegal of the 2025 AFCON title and handed it to Morocco 57 days after the final. This editorial examines the legal…
Nigeria at Windsor: deals, not charity
Nigeria’s first UK state visit in 37 years landed $944 million in port financing, $127 million in fintech investment, seven banks operating in…
Burkina Faso’s richest men fight over TotalEnergies
Mahamadou Bonkoungou has initiated arbitration proceedings challenging Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Invest Group over TotalEnergies’ former 170-station…
Ghana moves to regulate AI and deepfakes
Ghana is preparing two new bills that will bring artificial intelligence, deepfakes, automated decision-making, and cross-border data transfers…