A payments company backed by African political leaders has launched a blockchain-based marketplace for trading local ...

Analysis - ISWAP's hunt for resources is eroding the ability of communities in northern Cameroon to withstand economic hardship.

Though some observers have seen the Eco as little more than a name change, France apparently sees it as more – a possible step towards a single currency for the whole of West Africa. The inevitable ...

Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Un- ion in 2022, it is a cornerstone of efforts to encourage intra-African ...

Monday closed up +79 (+0.89%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) closed down -78 (-1.30%). Cocoa prices on Monday ...

In early June 2025, the cedi, Ghana’s currency, was recognized as Africa’s best-performing currency. However, its reign was ...

The era of ‘from pit to port’ must end. We must turn our mineral wealth into domestic economic value, jobs, technology, and ...

Tinubu has called for coordinated infrastructure, trade and industrial reforms to unlock West Africa’s full economic potential.

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By Victor AGBEVE On the dusty streets of Tamale in northern Ghana, Hajia Mariam’s small kente weaving company was dying.

John Mahama has described the recent wave of military coups in West Africa as not just a threat to democracy but an “economic emergency”.