Western Africa

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), will in October 2023 conduct the country’s first all-encompassing business census to generate comprehensive data on all businesses and their characteristics. Unlike previous censuses that …

The Ghana government has hinted of entering a public-private partnership to turn around the fortunes of some 17 State-Owned Enterprises, including the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC). Although the names of …

People in Niger are feeling the pinch from sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in response to a military coup in the country, which have …

Women entrepreneurs face multiple challenges to accessing finance, with an estimated $42 billion financing gap for African women across business value chains. According to the United Nations Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved a new whistleblower draft bill. It also lamented that the existing whistle-blowing policy launched on December 21, 2016, was losing momentum. The Minister of …

MTN Group Ltd. is considering divesting some of its smaller operations in West Africa as its focuses on core markets, people familiar with the matter said. Africa’s biggest mobile phone …

Shareholders of Nigerian Breweries Plc have unanimously approved the issuance of 2.1 billion bonus shares valued at N84 billion, to qualifying shareholders. This approval was made known in a press …

When Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo took to the airwaves in October to assure investors that their money was safe, it was only natural for them to smell trouble ahead. This …

MTN Ghana, which is Africa’s largest mobile operator’s third-most lucrative market, is bracing for the potential deactivation of a quarter of its subscriber’s SIM cards on Thursday, as it looks …

My name is Oluwatobi Oladele, the Managing Director of FIPS Multilinks Limited, a reputable real estate development company in Nigeria and Ghana. Sitting in my office just this week, I …