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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with Nigeria. (1) ...
Ghana's inflation rate has continued to fall, reaching its lowest level since 2021, indicating that the West African ...
ANAYO EZUGWU examines President Bola Tinubu’s push for transformation of West Africa towards deeper economic cooperation and ...
An IMF study tests Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) across West and Central Africa, revealing stronger price convergence in ...
Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the ...
It only took two days for Nigeria to raise $59 million through green bonds -- part of a funding drive for climate and ...
Financial literacy remains a major challenge across the African markets. Mutual funds provide opportunity to promote ...
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Currency Exchange In Africa: A Traveller’s Dilemma
For many African trav­ellers, exploring the continent should be exciting, but the frustra­tion of currency exchange turns it into a costly and inconvenient experience.Take 2AO, a Lagos-based tourist ...
In early June 2025, the cedi, Ghana’s currency, was recognized as Africa’s best-performing currency. However, its reign was ...
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said Africa is no longer a passive recipient of aid but a continent on the ...
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 ...
Leaders of a 15-nation West African bloc have called for greater structural reforms as they step up efforts for the introduction of a shared currency, aimed to be launched in 2020. In a statement ...