West Africa business news from Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and the wider ECOWAS region.
Chisom Mefor, a 400-level computer science student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, resides in Abuja with her family. Ms Mefor, 22, has a passion for creative writing and technology …
Niger, the poorest country in the world according to the benchmark of the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI), is struggling with a reputation for corruption and volatility. Nigerien non-governmental organizations …
Cameroon’s Ministry of Telecommunications has drawn up a digital transformation strategy to promote participation in the digital economy through more comprehensive infrastructure and lower-cost access to both phone services and …
FoodCo Nigeria Limited has been listed as one of Africa’s fastest growing companies in the 2022 inaugural FT Annual Africa Fastest Growing Companies’ ranking. According to the list compiled by …
Cocoa has been Ghana’s main commercial crop for several decades and although the West African country is the second largest cocoa producer and exporter in the world, some are still …
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has called for improved collaboration among countries with the aim of exploring alternative rules that will enable market jurisdictions, particularly African countries to effectively tax …
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet minister seeking to run for 2023 elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Nigerians will vote …
A facial recognition app designed by software engineer Charlette N’Guessan, a woman with unique identity issues. She is an Ivorian tech entrepreneur based in Ghana, co-founder of BACE API (www.bacegroup.com). …
Gunmen have killed 34 people in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, including two soldiers, in the latest attack blamed on heavily-armed criminal gangs, local authorities said on Tuesday. More than 200 homes were also destroyed in Sunday’s attack on four …
Since the information about his political ambition ahead of the 2023 presidential elections leaked to the public earlier this year, pressure has mounted on Mr Emefiele to step down from …
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