GIM-UEMOA, the interbank electronic banking group of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has announced a ...

Traders and businessmen across the West African countries will soon begin to enjoy easy financial transactions across borders ...

Despite its ‘overarching’ achievements over the past 50 years (half a century) since its establishment, the Economic ...

Africa's economic landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, with projections from the African Development Bank's Macroeconomic ...

Niger saw the highest growth rate in WAEMU in 2024, reaching 8.8%, compared to 2.4% in 2023. • The country's industrial production and oil sector saw a major boost, contributing to the strong ...

Despite coal, oil and natural gas still providing 82% of total global energy needs and 100% of enormous petrochemical ...

A World Bank study finds that fewer than 10% of West African microenterprises belong to business associations, which ...

Africa is poised to dominate the future of consumer spending, which will be shaped by key metrics such as high population and ...

Le Voyage de Talia (2022) is a bilingual, 80 minute Belgian/Senegalese film in Wolof and French by director Christophe Rolin. The film was nominated for ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has invited the three Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, ...

BCEAO has ended its special accounting treatment for Niger’s government bonds, effective April 15, 2025. This move threatens banks in the West African Monetary Union (WAMU), many of which are heavily ...

The sudden rise in tariffs threatens established US trade ties with African nations. While Egypt is among the African ...