The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment ...

Founder of VitalSwap, Akinsola Jegede, has launched a cross-border payment platform aimed at solving long-standing financial barriers faced by African professionals, freelancers, and students seeking ...

Sub-Saharan African central banks that have added gold to their reserves in recent years could face price and liquidity ...

Twenty-nine managers from The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone received hands-on training this month to ...

The international monetary order is undergoing historic shifts. As Western dominance, symbolized by the U.S. dollar, comes under pressure from emerging powers, the BRICS coalition—Brazil, Russia, ...

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising ...

The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) has concluded a five-day regional workshop in Accra, focused on Currency Management and Forecasting across West Africa. The ...

On a momentous weekend in June 2025, as the tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government drew to a close, West African leaders, ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa.Meanwhile the army has turned its base ...

The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a permanent troop presence, amid waning regional influence in recent years ...

By Joshua Worlasi AMLANUThe Bank of Ghana is seeking to strengthen its currency forecasting and management systems, amid rising demand for physical cash and parallel growth of digital ...

President Donald Trump is hosting West African leaders from Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday at The White House.