West Africa

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

GeopoliticsGhana

Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN

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Africaspoint Editorial

President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against…

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GhanaGovernance

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over its mine life. New academic…

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Burkina FasoGovernance

Burkina Faso built the factories. Now it wants the tomatoes.

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Africaspoint Editorial

Burkina Faso's tomato export ban, effective March 16, is not a sudden policy shock. It is the enforcement step of…

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AfricaEgypt

Nigeria’s gas is finally heading to Europe

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Africaspoint Editorial

After fifty years of studies, MoUs, and false starts, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline has a technical team on the ground…

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Airtel Zambia joins the $1bn club

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc crossed US$1 billion in market capitalisation on the Lusaka Securities Exchange…

Ethiopia EV electric motorcycle Spiro Roam BasiGo Kenya 80 percent 2026Nala stablecoin Tanzania fintech $50m Liquidity MUFG 2026

Spiro bets on batteries, not motorcycles

Spiro co-founder Gagan Gupta told TechCabal that batteries and energy infrastructure, not motorcycles, drive the…

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Tanzania self-funds its $24bn budget

Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa presented the Tsh62.33 trillion ($24 billion) 2026/27 budget on June…

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Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year

Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking…

Africa entrepreneurshipAfrican Union

265,000 Africans applied for 3,200 startup spots

Africa Political RiskFrancafrique corruption

Bolloré faces corruption trial over Togo port

Africa Political RiskBola Tinubu

Nigeria and UK sign three migration MoUs

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CAF takes Senegal’s AFCON crown

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