Western Africa

eLearn Africa, the ed-tech startup has partnered with the Association of African Universities (AAU) to design, build and deploy learning management systems across the continent, giving university students access to …

Gokada, the Nigeria-based last-mile delivery, logistics and transportation startup, has launched in Ibadan following consolidated growth in Lagos. Gokada started as a ride-hailing app in 2018 and has evolved to …

SOLAD Power group has joined the Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services Limited agent banking network, known as Quickteller Paypoint, as a sub-agent. The move enables SOLAD to digitise collections and provide …

Increasing political activities will worsen the currency crisis, experts have warned. The value of naira has continued to wobble across different markets even as analysts express worry that growing political …

By 2023, the country expects oil and gas exploitation to boost its Gross Domestic Product growth by 13.7 per cent.In 2019, Senegal’s hydrocarbon revenues reached $42.5 million, an increase of …

Finance, energy and tax experts, yesterday, raised concerns over the inability of the Federal Government to harness existing opportunities in the country before resorting to borrowing as oil companies operating …

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and immediate past Emir of Kano was stating the obvious when he asserted of late that Nigeria’s …

Nigeria is getting ready for the pilot launch of its new digital currency, the eNaira, on October 1. The new currency is being issued and regulated by the Central Bank …

Ghana’s central bank on Monday kept its main interest rate unchanged at 13.5% with concerns over rising inflation balanced out by optimistic Covid-19 recovery forecasts, Governor Ernest Addison said in …

POVERTY rate in Nigeria moved from 15 per cent at independence in 1960 to 50 per cent in 2021, Nigerian Tribune findings have revealed.  This is even as Governor of …