West Africa
West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.
Burkina Faso mines fund hits $152m
Burkina Faso's Mining Development Fund collected CFA 85.72 billion ($152 million) in 2025, the country's strongest annual haul since the…
Guinea dissolves 40 opposition parties
Guinea's junta-turned-government has dissolved 40 political parties including the three main opposition groups, stripping them of legal status, closing their…
AfDB backs Benin capital markets fund
The African Development Bank has signed a $330,000 grant with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin to build…
China lends Cameroon $181m for fibre
Cameroon has secured a loan of 108.4 billion CFA francs (around $181 million) from EXIMBANK-China to fund the fourth phase…
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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.…