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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Nigeria’s trade surplus triples to N7.55tn

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Q1 2026 merchandise trade surplus surged 341% to N7.55 trillion ($4.1 billion) from N1.71 trillion in Q4 2025, driven…

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Heirs Energies wins global oil deal prize

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Africaspoint Editorial

Heirs Energies won Best Oil and Gas Deal of the Year at the EMEA Finance Project Finance Awards 2026 for…

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Ghana-Jamaica pact ends two-decade silence

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana and Jamaica concluded the Third PJCC Ministerial Session in Accra on May 27, signing four bilateral agreements in health,…

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Dangote refinery powers past 700,000bpd

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has validated crude processing capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, surpassing its 650,000 bpd nameplate design…

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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…

South Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026South Africa Infrastructure

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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Ghana’s AgriConnect plan targets 2.6m jobs

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IShowSpeed flies the Ghana flag worldwide

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Endeavour Mining West Africa gold Assafou Lafigue Q1 2026 record EBITDAGhana GDP growth gold exports 2026

Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

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Tinubu’s three-year reform scorecard is mixed

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