West Africa
West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.
Ghana’s refinery doubles down on oil
Ghana's Tema Oil Refinery is pushing to reach full capacity of 45,000 barrels per day, integrating a second furnace to…
Ivory Coast’s $852m cocoa goes local
Ivory Coast has sold more than 400,000 metric tons of cocoa export contracts to local grinders in just 10 days,…
Ghana calls for girls’ literacy action
Ghana's former Second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur has called for urgent national action to close literacy gaps among young girls, framing…
Nigeria seals $20bn deepwater oil deal
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has approved targeted fiscal incentives to trigger the Final Investment Decision for the Bonga Southwest Aparo…
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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…
Spiro bets on batteries, not motorcycles
Spiro co-founder Gagan Gupta told TechCabal that batteries and energy infrastructure, not motorcycles, drive the…
Tanzania self-funds its $24bn budget
Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa presented the Tsh62.33 trillion ($24 billion) 2026/27 budget on June…
Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year
Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking…