West Africa economic news
Cote d’Ivoire: $49 bn, 5-year investment plan to tackle poverty (The africa report.com)
ote d'Ivoire is aiming to invest more than 29 trillion CFA francs ($48.53 billion) in the next five years as part of efforts to foster ...
(The Economist) For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach
LAGOS, the congested commercial capital of Nigeria, has a population variously estimated at anything from 12m-21m. But what is certain ...
(Reuters Africa) Burkina charges former coup leader over murder of Sankara
Sun Dec 6, 2015 2:29pm GMT
By Nadoun Coulibaly
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Authorities in Burkina Faso have charged a general who led...
Liberia: Exxon Mobil to drill offshore in 2017
Exxon Mobil Corp said it plans to start drilling in Liberia in 2017, in what President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said was a sign of economi...
Senegal seeks partner for national carrier before new airport opens
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Senegal is searching for a strategic partner to relaunch its state carrier Senegal Airlines a...
Home comforts: why Africans are increasingly investing in Africa
Investment into Africa has usually been the preserve of developed world firms seeking extra yield for their portfolios. However, in the...
(NYT): Facebook and Other Tech Giants Expand Internet Access in Africa
Nearly two years ago, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced an ambitious effort to connect the world’s poorest people ...
African textile sector welcomes US trade agreement extension
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The US government has granted a long-term extension to a major US-Africa trade programme on 29 J...
Enterprise Mobility: Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference set for 12-14 October
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Squeezed profit margins and new technology developments are driving the Nigerian oil and gas in...
After 26 countries signed $1 trillion free-trade plan, AU heads of state now want to double the deal
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AFRICAN NATIONS are taking steps toward creating a free-trade zone with a combined size of $2 t...