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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India and Ghana Just Signed Four Health Deals. 70% of Ghanaians Will Feel It.

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India and Ghana signed four institutional agreements in Accra that open clinical training, scholarship pipelines, and joint research in Ayurveda…

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Nigeria’s VAT Revenue Jumps 28% Year-on-Year to N2.28 Trillion in Q3 2025

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Nigeria collected N2.28 trillion in Value Added Tax in the third quarter of 2025, a 28.10% jump from the same…

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Nigeria’s Airports Just Went Cashless. The First-Day Chaos Was the Point.

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FAAN's Go Cashless policy went live at Lagos and Abuja airports on March 1, replacing cash toll payments with a…

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Ghana’s E-Visa Is Now Nine Months Late and Still Coming by December 2026

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana's e-visa was promised for Q1 2026. It is now March, the quarter is almost gone, and the US Ambassador…

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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…

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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…

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Mahama Dares Africa to Fear Nothing from Its Own Court

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Nigeria’s Net FX Reserves Jump 772% in Two Years

Dangote Cement Doubles Profit to $730M, Eyes Africa Push

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Nigeria Signs $1.3 Billion Alumina Refinery Deal

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