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Ghana's inflation rate has continued to fall, reaching its lowest level since 2021, indicating that the West African ...

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

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 ...

Despite its dominance in regional trade, Nigeria faces structural and policy barriers that limit the full realisation of intra-ECOWAS commerce, including poor infrastructure, fragmented customs ...

MTN Nigeria launched 1 July what it claims is the country’s largest prefabricated modular data centre, marking a bold push into the country’s fast-growing cloud market and taking aim at global giants ...

Hydropower supplies 20% of Africa's electricity but faces climate-related pressures • Solar energy is growing fast, with capacity expected to double by 2028 • Combining both technologies offers a ...

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, which allows faster payments and improved trade flows in local currencies, is ...

Goods such as ivory, gold, animal hides, spices, and frankincense flowed through its markets, enriching the city and allowing it to mint its own currency—an indicator ... archaeological legacies in ...

Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the ...