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The cost of the kilowatt-hour (kWh) remains one of the major determinants of economic competitiveness in Africa. In October 2025,…...

With each new regime in Burkina Faso comes a cohort of new figures from the business world. While personalities like…...

S&P Global Ratings has announced that it has placed Madagascar’s sovereign rating (‘B-/B’) on CreditWatch with negative implications, while lowering…...

In Burkina Faso, the transitional government led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré continues its regulatory offensive. It is now mandatory for…...

A few weeks before the COP and under the leadership of its president, Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed neo-conservative and climate…...

In Washington, on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, the Guinean delegation led by Minister of…...

By Denis CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU and Géraldine MERMOUX, FINACTU Group As Côte d’Ivoire approaches a new major political deadline, with the presidential…

Interpellated by a journalist from 2STV about the recent downgrade of Senegal’s rating, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva chose clarity…

On October 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…...

The public treasury of Mali raised, on October 10, 2025, an amount of 28.786 billion CFA francs on the regional…...

In 2017, footballer Ousmane Dembélé transferred 200,000 euros to his mother, Fatimata Dembélé, for her fortieth birthday. The French tax…...

“African financiers’ enthusiasm for green finance has never been greater!” During the “Proparco Days Leaders for Climate Finance” held in…

Long a discreet officer of the CAPSAT camp (Autonomous Corps of Personnel and Administrative and Technical Services), Colonel Michael Randrianirina,…...

By Rodrigue Fénelon Massala, special envoy in Washington In Washington, the October drizzle mixes with the subdued hustle and bustle…...

Lomé, October 9, 2025. Thunderclap on the international bond market. The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has just signed a…

Ethiopia has failed to reach an agreement with its eurobond holders after several months of formal negotiations that began in…...

The candidate of the Cameroonian opposition, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, proclaimed his victory in the presidential election of October 12 on…...

At 92 years old, Paul Biya follows a pre-written script. The presidential elections on October 12, 2025, organized in a…...

Dakar, October 12, 2025 – The State of Senegal carried out, from September 22 to October 10, 2025, the closure…...

By Leila Ben Hassen, member of the Financial Afrik Awards jury. “Africa’s oceans are not just geographical boundaries – they…

The 2022-2023 general report of the Court of Auditors was submitted to the Mauritanian Head of State on October 8,…...

Moody’s Investor Services has downgraded Senegal’s sovereign credit rating from B3 to Caa1, with a negative outlook. This decision, made…

On October 10, 2025, S&P Global Ratings upgraded Egypt’s long-term sovereign credit rating from “B-” to “B”, while confirming the…...

Attijariwafa Bank has announced the appointment of Daouda Coulibaly as Regional Director for West Africa. This designation is part of…

On November 3 and 4, 2025, Casablanca will become the focal point of African finance. For its fifth edition, the…

On the eve of the presidential election on October 25, 2025, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) of Ivory Coast specified…...

Until now president of the Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (AMF-Umoa), Togolese Badanam Patoki, former official…

The United Kingdom will host the 17th session of announcements of contributions to the African Development Fund (ADF) in December,…

Organizer of the AfroGlobal Connect Forum, Thione Niang sees Guinea as more than just a country undergoing reconstruction: it is…

Lomé, October 3, 2025 – The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has updated the list of financial institutions…