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

Many Africans suspect that Paris is simply conducting a public relations exercise, dropping the more obvious monetary ties with West Africa while retaining real control through the peg. However ...

An IMF study tests Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) across West and Central Africa, revealing stronger price convergence in ...

Nigeria and other West African countries collectively spend over $3 billion annually importing meat, often from distant suppliers such as ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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