West Africa

West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.

Navy destroys illegal crude in Rivers

Nigeria's Navy destroyed an illegal crude oil storage facility containing 17,500 litres of suspected stolen oil in the Bonny area…

Niger adopts digital policy to 2035

Niger is validating a ten-year national digital strategy targeting fibre expansion, e-government, rural connectivity, and startup growth as only 23%…

MSC locks in 45-year Lagos port deal

MSC Group, the world's largest container shipping line, has signed a 45-year concession with Nigerian maritime company Nigerdock to develop,…

Resolute breaks ground on $539m Ivory Coast gold mine

Australian gold producer Resolute Mining has secured a 14-year mining permit from Côte d'Ivoire's Council of Ministers for its Doropo…

Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…

From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…