WAEMU foreign exchange reserves rose to about $33 billion by end-October 2025. Import cover increased to six months from 3.8 months in 2024. Stronger exports and renewed market access supported the ...

FAO launched a $2.7 million agricultural project to strengthen farmers’ organizations in Niger. The project targets Dosso and Tillabéri and focuses on the Federation Mooriben. The initiative seeks to ...

Guinea recorded an employment rate of 52% in 2025, according to the National Labour Observatory. The informal economy accounted for 77.4% of the active population, according to the ILO. Official ...

Nigeria selected 28 companies to develop gas-flare capture projects across 49 oil-production sites. The projects could deliver up to 3 gigawatts of power and attract about $2 billion in investment.

CardinalStone Capital Advisers plans to raise $120 million for its second SME-focused fund in West Africa. The International Finance Corporation considers an equity investment of up to $15 million, ...

Global Atomic delayed the start-up of Niger’s Dasa uranium processing plant by one year to the second half of 2027. Border closures with Benin and financing delays disrupted equipment imports and ...

On the occasion of TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, scheduled from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, Africa Global Logistics (AGL), official logistics partner of the ...

Orange Money Côte d’Ivoire launched a virtual Visa card that enables online payments across the global Visa network. The card offers fee-free transactions, competitive exchange rates and regulatory ...

Resolute Mining plans to lift annual gold output to 500,000 ounces by 2028, up from a 2025 target of 275,000–285,000 ounces. The Doropo project in Côte d’Ivoire should produce about 170,000 ounces a ...

Ghana signed an agreement with Telecel Group to train 100,000 young people under the “One Million Coders” initiative. The government targets digital skills training for 1 million people within four ...

Transnet cut its half-year loss to 1.8 billion rand from 2.2 billion rand year on year. Rail freight volumes rose to 81.4 million tonnes from 78 million tonnes. The group lifted revenue to 45.2 ...

DRC regulator ARECOMS waives strict rules, allowing miners to keep unused Q4 2025 cobalt quotas despite ongoing export delays. Bureaucratic hurdles have stalled shipments, but the decision protects 18 ...