Finance
Niger’s Prime Minister Attends WAEMU Ministerial Meeting in Dakar as Burkina Faso Takes Over Council Presidency
Niger’s Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, joined his counterparts from the West African Economic and Monetary...
AES and Togo Discuss Customs Reform and Regional Trade Integration
The member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, held talks with Togo on October 3 to...
Nigeria: There’s No Legal Basis For Seizure of Osun Local Government Allocation – Adeleke Tells APC-Led FG
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government to immediately release withheld local government allocations...
Tinubu’s Budget Office Fails To Publish Q1 And Q2 2025 Budget Performance Reports, First Delay In 15 Years
For the first time since 2010, Nigeria’s Budget Office of the Federation (BOF), under the Bola Tinubu-led regime, has failed to publish the...
Burkina Faso Treasury Bill And Bond Offering Oversubscribed By 100% At WAEMU Securities Market
Burkina Faso has once again demonstrated its appeal to regional investors, securing CFAF 43.99 billion (€67 million) in its latest issuance on the...
Namibia to Take Majority Control In All New Mines With 51% Ownership Policy
Namibia will require a 51% ownership stake in all new mining operations established on Namibian soil. This is a step toward resource nationalism...
NBS Releases Rebased GDP, But Tinubu’s Government Still Fails to Deliver Real Growth
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has officially released Nigeria’s rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures, updating the country’s economic metrics to reflect...
Niger Unveils Major Tax Overhaul with New General Tax Code Effective in 2026
Niger has adopted a new General Tax Code, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2026. The reform, formalised through an ordinance signed...
Cedi@60: Bank of Ghana Vows to Keep Currency Stable, Sustain Economic Stability
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the value of the cedi and building public confidence in the national...
Malian Court Jails Former Minister Cissoko Over Presidential Jet Scandal; Others Sentenced in Absentia
The Special Assize Court in Bamako has delivered its long-awaited verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile case surrounding the controversial acquisition of a...
Ghana Sets Up Anti-Gold Smuggling Task Force to Recover Billions in Lost Revenue
Ghana has launched a national task force to combat gold smuggling and recover billions of dollars lost to the illicit trade. President John...
Nigerians Demand Transparency Over Withheld Signed Tax Laws Under Tinubu Following ₦5 Million Bank Reporting Rule
Weeks after President Bola Tinubu signed four major tax reform bills into law, the Nigerian public is still waiting for the official release...