Author: Albert Savana

The volume of exchanges at the level of the interbank market of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) recorded a 20.8% increase in October 2025 compared to the previous month, according to data from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) based in Dakar. According to the issuing institute, taking into account...

The Confederation Bank for Investment and Development (BCID-AES) is entering this intermediate phase where the institutions already exist “on paper” but are still awaiting the decisive obstacle: the effective release of capital. Beyond the protocol photo of December 11 showing the President of the Transition in Mali and President of the Confederation of Sahel States...

A new sensational case is added to the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau. On the night of December 12-13, 2025, a private jet from Bissau was intercepted in Lisbon with nearly €5 million in cash on board, according to revelations from the Portuguese channel SIC and confirmations from the Judicial Police (PJ). According to Portuguese authorities,...

The first half of 2025 was particularly prosperous for Tractafric Motors Côte d’Ivoire (TMCI), specializing in the sale of new automobiles, as it ended with a net profit sharply increasing by 2738% compared to the same period in 2024, announced the leaders of this company based in Abidjan. This profit amounted to 1.435 billion CFA...

The foreign exchange assets of the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT) decreased by 957.378 million dinars (326 million dollars) as of November 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to data from the general ten-day situation of this issuing institute based in Tunis. These assets decreased from 25.640 billion dinars (8.717 billion...

The failed coup attempt on December 7 provided a window into the resilience of the Beninese state apparatus. Far from revealing institutional fragility, the episode highlighted a country rooted in strong republican traditions, but also the result of a modernization effort initiated since 2016, with increased budgetary resources, recruitment, and capacity renewal to address new threats. Benin’s stability is often recognized, but this test confirmed its deep foundations. What emerged was not uncertainty or institutional drift, but a coordinated response, where civilian authorities, senior military leadership, and operational units acted as one to defend the Republic. This cohesion was not…

At the end of a simultaneous auction of Treasury bills (BAT) with maturities of 182 days and 364 days as well as Treasury bonds (OAT) with a 3-year maturity, the State of Senegal, through its Public Treasury, raised an amount of 35.728 billion CFA francs (64.310 million dollars) on the West African Monetary Union (UMOA)...

In October 2025, bank credit to the Moroccan non-financial sector recorded a 3.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to data from Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), the Moroccan Central Bank based in Rabat. The outstanding balance of this bank credit stood at 980.1 billion dirhams (108 billion dollars) compared to 947.4 billion dirhams...

As part of the continuous strengthening of distinguished bilateral relations between the Republic of Tunisia and the Sultanate of Oman, and in a context marked by a positive dynamic of cooperation between the two countries, the headquarters of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) hosted, on Monday, December 8, 2025, the signing ceremony of a...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu praised, on Sunday, the quick response of the Nigerian army to the request from the Beninese government to save a 35-year-old democracy threatened by coup plotters who struck at dawn. In response to two separate requests from Cotonou, the Nigerian head of state first ordered the deployment of Nigerian Air Force...

The cumulative gold production of Senegal at the end of the first nine months of the year 2025 recorded an increase of 649.4 kg compared to the same period in 2024, according to data established by the Direction of Forecasting and Economic Studies (DPEE) based in Dakar. This production stood at 8,628.3 kg during the...

The tragic events of December 7 in Cotonou remind us of an old truth that Robespierre spoke of in front of the guillotine: virtue without force is powerless. The same goes for democracy. Beautiful in principle, fragile in practice, completely vulnerable when not backed by a power capable of defending it. In Benin, to contain...

Driven by a growth that far exceeds the regional average, Côte d’Ivoire approaches its energy boom as an accelerator rather than an identity shift. The discoveries of the “Baleine” and “Calao” oil fields have helped to affirm the rise in value of local refining, storage, and hydrocarbon transformation sectors. According to Nina Keita, Deputy General Manager of GESTOCI, this is a “tremendous accelerator” for the country, provided that the spread of growth keeps pace with extraction. On the construction sites of Abidjan, the cranes no longer sleep. Offshore, in the Gulf of Guinea, the discovery of the two hydrocarbon pockets…

The consolidated turnover of AFRIQUIA GAZ company (a subsidiary of AKWA Group, a Moroccan holding company encompassing around ten companies operating in the sectors of fuel distribution, gas, solar energy, lubricants, tourism, real estate, and press) recorded a 6.57% increase at the end of the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year compared to...

Following the decision made during its Board of Directors meeting on August 22, 2025, the Tunisian group One Tech Holding, composed of companies operating in the cable, mechatronics, and telecommunications sectors, announced at the beginning of December 2025 that it had reached a new major milestone in its strategic project of complete separation of its...

In the third quarter of 2025, the profit of Bank of Africa (BOA) Cote d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of the Moroccan banking group BMCE Bank, recorded a slight increase of 1.29% compared to the same period in the 2024 fiscal year, announced the leaders of this banking institution based in Abidjan. According to the unaudited activity...

At the end of the first nine months, the profit of the National Telecommunications Office of Burkina Faso (ONATEL) S.A recorded a 23% increase compared to the same period in the 2024 fiscal year, announced the leaders of this company based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The IFRS (International Financial Reported Standards) data established by the...

d of the first half of 2025, the after-tax profit of the Ivorian cable company (Sicable), a member of the PRYSMIAN Group, a world leader in electrical cables, increased by 55.3% compared to the previous year, announced the leaders of this Abidjan-based company. According to the activity report for the first half of 2025 prepared...

The consolidated turnover of Maghreb Oxygène S.A, specialized in the production, packaging, and marketing of industrial, medical, food, and specialty gases, recorded a 3.3% decrease at the end of the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year compared to 2024, announced the leaders of this company based in Casablanca. This turnover decreased from 233.7...

The Senegalese government is considering taxing money transfers and mobile payments. The idea, included in the 2025-2028 economic recovery plan, comes in a context of intense budgetary pressure: debt exceeding 100% of GDP, lower than expected tax revenues, and the need to finance major projects. But as digital represents the most widely used financial solution in the country, this tax policy raises a central issue: taxing mobile money means taxing the daily life of millions of Senegalese people. A sector vital to the Senegalese economy Mobile money is the backbone of financial inclusion in Senegal. Less than 30% of the…

The tragi-comic coup d’état that shook Bissau in November 2025 plunged the international community into a mix of astonishment and hesitation. It’s hard not to see an almost absurd scenario: a deposed president freely giving interviews about his own downfall. We are far from the dramatic closed-door situation in the case of Bazoum in Niger in July 2023. But behind the theater, the repetition of the scenario is intriguing. Umaro Sissoco Embaló is no stranger to this kind of episode. In February 2022, an attempted coup d’état – never fully established – offered him the perfect opportunity to neutralize his…

The consolidated revenue of the MANAGEM Group, a Moroccan private mining operator, increased by 14% at the end of the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year compared to the same period in 2024, announced the leaders of this company based in Casablanca. The group’s indicators at the end of September 2025 show a...

The battle for TV rights around CAN 2025 is intensifying in Côte d’Ivoire. For this edition, the TNT channels: RTI and NCI as well as CANAL+, the main distributor of pay television in French-speaking Africa, hold the broadcasting rights. According to our information, the decision of the High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HACA) dated September 2023 should apply for this edition. It requires pay operators to reserve major sporting events for subscription packages higher than those giving access to local channels. In this scenario, the CAN 2025 matches would be accessible on RTI and NCI via the smallest CANAL+ bouquet…

Announced in the morning of November 26, 2025, the coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau was reportedly thwarted by loyalist forces. Following this, President Umar Sissoko Embaló, outspoken with the media, dissolved the Parliament, pointing fingers at its president, Domingo Simões Pereira (DSP), a political opponent prevented from running in the legislative elections. These elections, held on...

The five largest global miners lost $14.2 billion in market capitalization in six weeks, according to BestWallet.com, marking their strongest correction since the 2022 crash. The decline is directly related to the fall of Bitcoin, which dropped from $127,000 to $87,400 between early October and late November (-30%), a movement amplified by the miners’ business...

At the end of the third quarter of 2025, the Bernabé Ivory Coast company, specialized in the distribution of hardware products, incurred a loss of 157.025 million FCFA (282,646 dollars), announced the leaders of this company based in Abidjan. Compared to the third quarter of 2024 where it stood at -31.575 million FCFA (56,836 dollars),...

At the end of the third quarter of 2025, the revenue of the Ivorian Tobacco Company (SITAB), a subsidiary of the British company Imperial Brands, increased by 19% compared to the same period in 2024, announced the leaders of this company based in Abidjan. This revenue amounted to 65 billion CFA francs (117 million dollars)...

At the end of September 2025, the ordinary expenses of the State of Senegal amounted to 3,220.8 billion CFA francs, representing 72.7% of the credits provided for in the Amended Finance Law (LFR). This dynamic comes at a time when the budget deficit stood at 4.88% of GDP over the same period, a level below the annual target of 7.82%, but still well above the UEMOA convergence criterion (3%). Budget execution confirms the government’s commitment to initiate a gradual consolidation, in an environment marked by the absence of a new program with the IMF and the recent downgrade of the…

Despite the turbulence shaking the global cocoa market, Ivory Coast maintains its position as the world’s top producer while Ghana stagnates and, more worryingly, Cameroon and Nigeria have been overtaken by Ecuador. In a context where volumes are declining and climatic hazards complicate the task of farmers, the Ivorian elephant country continues to demonstrate exceptional...

The question resurfaces with new acuity at a time when the five wealthiest individuals in Africa have seen their wealth increase by 88% in five years, according to Oxfam, in a context where the majority of households on the continent are facing inflation, precariousness, high tax pressure on the formal sector, and multiple climate shocks....