West Africa

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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Ghana pitches Voltaian Basin to Canada

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Ghana's Petroleum Commission Acting CEO Emeafa Hardcastle led discussions at the 2026 Global Energy Show in Calgary pitching investment opportunities…

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Standard Bank backs Dangote refinery IPO

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Standard Bank Group CEO Sim Tshabalala visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos on June 10 and pledged that Standard…

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Lagos rail reaches for its airport

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Nigeria's Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo announced plans at the Invest Lagos 3.0 forum on June 9 to extend the Lagos…

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TikTok’s AI purges 4m Nigerian videos

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TikTok removed more than 4 million videos in Nigeria in Q4 2025, with 99.9% proactively identified before any user report…

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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…

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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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South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…

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Heirs Energies wins global oil deal prize

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Ghana AgriConnect World Bank IFAD IFC 2.6 million jobs agriculture 2026Ghana FDI $2.61 billion GIPC 2025 investment China petroleum

Ghana-Jamaica pact ends two-decade silence

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Dangote refinery powers past 700,000bpd

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Ghana AgriConnect World Bank IFAD IFC 2.6 million jobs agriculture 2026Ghana FDI $2.61 billion GIPC 2025 investment China petroleum

Ghana’s FDI quadruples to $2.61bn

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