West Africa
West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.
Ivory Coast launches strategic sovereign wealth fund
Ivory Coast approved its Strategic Sovereign Fund for Development on April 15, establishing a three-component state vehicle to channel mining…
Flutterwave gets Nigerian banking licence at 10
Flutterwave secured a Nigerian banking licence on April 2, allowing Africa's most valuable fintech to hold deposits, lend directly and…
MTN and Airtel pocket $2.3bn from Africa data boom
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa generated a combined N3.6 trillion ($2.3 billion) from data services in 2025, as Africa's mobile…
Zenith and GTCO earn $183m from digital fees
Nigeria's two largest banks by market cap, Zenith Bank and GTCO, collectively earned N283 billion ($183 million) from account maintenance…
