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Burkina Faso announced on Friday, June 26, 2026, the immediate severance of its diplomatic relations with France. In a statement…...

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Government of Taraba State (Federal Republic of Nigeria) have signed…

Issues related to intra-UEMOA trade and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), including regulatory harmonization and trade development, were…

The European Central Bank (ECB) could raise its key rates again as early as July 2026 if inflation were to…...

New York – Ali Al Shammari, the CEO of Global South Utilities (GSU), the Emirati company specialized in energy infrastructure,…

Appointed by presidential decree, Thione Niang now holds the position of Itinerant Ambassador to the Presidency of the Republic of…

The Ivory Coast has reached a historic milestone in the management of its public finances. The Ministry of Economy, Finance…...

The election of Sonia Mezzour as president of the Moroccan Association of Exporters (ASMEX) on June 23 in Casablanca did…...

Yves Nanan officially took over the position of Secretary General of SUNU Bank Togo on June 15, 2026. This change…

Moody’s rating agency lowered Gabon’s sovereign rating outlook from “stable” to “negative” on Thursday, June 26, while maintaining its rating…

Gathered in Dakar as part of the first International Forum of Economic Press of West Africa (FIPE-UEMOA), experts in public…

Kenya has reached a new milestone in the economy of family transfers. According to the 2025 Remittances Household Survey Report,…

The World Bank officially launched the SIRA program (Skills for Innovation, Resilience, and Aspirations) on June 22, 2026 in Washington.…...

While inflation fell to 0.0% on average in the West African Economic and Monetary Union in 2025, the Central Bank…...

Just a few months after its implementation, digital payment taxation is already showing its limitations. According to the Quarterly Budget…

Mali is taking back control of its historic telecommunications operator. Following a strategic agreement with Maroc Telecom, the Malian government…...

Juliana Amato Lumumba, candidate from the Democratic Republic of Congo for the position of Secretary-General of the International Organization of…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has released its 2026 edition of the African Trade Report, titled “Leveraging Geopolitics for Trade…...

The first International Forum of Economic Press of West Africa (FIPE-UEMOA), also known as the West Africa Eco Forum, opened…

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is making a strong move in Lomé. The pan-African institution for infrastructure financing has just…...

The industrial group of Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is taking a new step in its strategy to integrate the fertilizer…

The Commercial Court of Dakar orders Industry for Packing and Construction to pay nearly 29 million CFA francs to the…...

By Issa Malgoubri, CEO of SGI Image Finances Internationales, Lead arranger and Lead placement manager The first Sukuk of the…

Niger has notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations of its withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of…...

During a multisectoral meeting held on June 19, 2026 at the Malabo Palace, Equatorial Guinean Vice President Nguema Obiang Mangue…

During a meeting on June 19, 2026, between the Guinean President and gold mining companies, as well as semi-industrial and…...

On June 17, 2026, through the Ministry of Economy, Gabon initiated a thorough audit of its public debt, which local…

Flat6Labs and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the Algerian Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Startups, and Micro-enterprises, have…

NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire and British International Investment (BII), the British development finance institution, have signed a partnership agreement for…...

With nearly 90% of the seats in the House of Peoples’ Representatives, the Prosperity Party secures an overwhelming majority. A…...