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According to S&P Global Ratings, Ivorian banks appear as the main providers of liquidity to the Senegalese Treasury in the…...

Featured in Financial Afrik issue 125. Besides their status as former heads of state or current presidents, what do Roch…...

On trial in France since November 13, former Congolese minister Roger Lumbala must answer to charges of “crimes against humanity”…...

S&P Global Ratings upgraded Nigeria’s outlook from stable to positive on November 14, 2025, while confirming the sovereign rating at…...

S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Rwanda’s sovereign rating at ‘B+/B’ on November 14, 2025, with a stable outlook. The agency applauds…...

The Atlantic city of Dakhla, located 1695 km from Rabat, hosted an international conference on November 6, 2025, dedicated to…

Absolutely avoid default or turn crisis into opportunity By Doudou Ka, former Minister of Economy of Senegal A moment of…

By Raphael NKOLWOUDOU AFANE, Doctor of Law & Legal Ops Officer. What if our pan-African dream of a unified digital…

Thanks to an exceptional mobilization of international donors and the private sector, Chad has secured $20.5 billion in commitments, which…

By El Hadji Abdoulaye Seck, Economist-researcher at the École nationale d’administration publique du Québec. The following lines do not concern…

Es-Semara was once thought to be condemned to sand and the memory of caravans; now it is propelled to the…

The Public Treasury of Ivory Coast successfully raised a total amount of 59.054 billion CFA francs (106.297 million dollars) on…...

Senegal is entering a period of political turbulence… just as one of the most demanding economic sequences in its recent…...

“This eurobond is a strategic gain in terms of financial management” Appointed in January 2025, Christian Yoka, Minister of Finance,…

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Government of the Republic of Guinea have signed two loan…

Although this case should be viewed as separate from the multifaceted legal challenges facing former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, both,…

By Pr Amath NDIAYE – Economist, FASEG-UCAD As Senegal’s public finances face increasing pressures, the question of an orderly debt…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a $1.3 billion financing for the construction of an ammonia and urea plant…...

The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr George…

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 7, 2025 — Rawbank, a leading bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has…

By Mamadou Ismaïla KONATÉ Former Minister of Justice of Mali. Five years after the coup d’état of August 18, 2020,…

Facing the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali, the African Union (AU) has called on the international community to provide…...

In a highly anticipated political day, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko mobilized thousands of supporters at the Léopold Sédar Senghor stadium…...

By Prof. Amath Ndiaye – Economist, FASEG-UCAD Zimbabwe, the ninth largest gold producer in Africa with nearly 47 tons per…

S&P Global Ratings revised Uganda’s sovereign rating outlook to “positive” from “stable” on November 7, 2025, while confirming its long-term…...

In a report dated October 2025, Fitch Ratings estimates that the “very significant” budget deficit projected by Gabon for 2026…...

Interview with Abou Bacry Ly, President of GDM-AGRICONCEPT and member of the High Council of Investment Interview by Mayo Sow,…

By Mamadou Ismaïla KONATÉLawyer at the Court – Bars of Mali and ParisFormer Minister of Justice This text complements and…

The profit of the International Bank for Trade and Industry of Ivory Coast (BICICI), controlled 67.49% by the consortium National…...

Abidjan Terminal, the concessionaire of the first container terminal at the Port of Abidjan, received on November 2, 2025, two…