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 signs $1.3bn alumina refinery deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion MOU in March covering an alumina…

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Nigeria gets $900m MDB backing for fibre rollout

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Project BRIDGE has secured $900 million in MDB commitments from the AfDB, World Bank and EBRD as part of…

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Dangote lines up Africa’s biggest IPO at $5bn

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Africaspoint Editorial

Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing a pan-African IPO targeting up to $5 billion across multiple African exchanges, with the offer…

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MTN buys back its towers in $6.2bn deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

MTN Group agreed to acquire the 75% of IHS Towers it did not already own in an all-cash deal valuing…

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Airtel Africa profit triples to $813m as data beats voice

Airtel Africa reported FY2026 profit after tax of $813 million, up 147%, on revenue of…

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Safaricom FY2026: record KSh80bn dividend, profit up 67%

Safaricom posted group net income of KSh99.7 billion for FY2026, up 67%, and declared a…

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South Africa unemployment hits 32.7% as 345,000 jobs lost

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025…

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Dangote picks Mombasa for $17bn East Africa refinery

Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for…

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Ivory Coast launches strategic sovereign wealth fund

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Flutterwave gets Nigerian banking licence at 10

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MTN and Airtel pocket $2.3bn from Africa data boom

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Zenith and GTCO earn $183m from digital fees

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