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West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.

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Benin votes tomorrow as Talon picks his successor

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Africaspoint Editorial

Benin votes April 12 as outgoing President Patrice Talon steps down after a decade, with finance minister Romuald Wadagni the…

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Ghana fund hits $35m close to back West Africa SMEs

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana's Ci-Gaba Venture Capital Fund hit a $35m first close toward a $91m target, mobilising domestic pension fund capital into…

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AfricaFinance

Middle East war sends crude buyers rushing to Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Strait of Hormuz closure is driving global buyers toward Nigerian and Angolan crude as Brent tops $100, but Nigeria's…

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Dangote secures $4bn loan to power Africa’s biggest refinery

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Africaspoint Editorial

Afreximbank underwrites $2.5bn of a $4bn syndicated loan for the Dangote Refinery, Africa's largest at 650,000 bpd, consolidating construction debt…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Nigeria’s 68.6m BVN base faces new CBN crackdown

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Nigeria clears $2.1bn in decade-old power debts

Africa telecom ARPUMTN Ghana

Ghana earns MTN twice what Nigeria does per user

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Ghana scraps visas for all 1.4bn Africans

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