France’s waning influence in West Africa
Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's…
West Africa’s biggest vegetable farm destroyed by floods
Heavy rains and flooding destroyed West Africa's biggest vegetable farm in Ghana. Investment worth over $2 million has been lost in the flood as climate change induced weather patterns continue to bite…
Explore West Africa’s largest frog market
Are you yearning for frogs today? Then this is the place to go: Nigeria's Bunza Frog Market is the biggest selling spot in West Africa.…
Explore West Africa’s largest frog market
Are you yearning for frogs today? Then this is the place to go: Nigeria's Bunza Frog Market is the biggest selling spot in West Africa.…
West Africa: Pirates launch deadly attack on Turkish ship off Nigeria
The Gulf of Guinea, where the attack took place, is considered the most dangerous sea in the world for piracy. One crew member was killed and 15 others were taken hostage after…
Is Nigeria ready to give up naira controls for regional currency?
West Africa's aspirations for a single currency hit a setback after its leaders met in Niamey for a one-day summit earlier this week and passed a resolution to delay the proposed adoption…
How West Africa’s investment banking space is coping with COVID-19
How West Africa’s investment banking space is coping with COVID-19…
West Africa’s waste collection app
A start-up in West Africa has developed an app to help improve the efficiency of collecting and recycling waste. It connects homes and institutions with plastic and metal recycling collectors with the…
Bringing solar power to remote villages in Mali
Bringing solar power to remote villages in Mali. Millions of people in Mali have no access to electricity, but a start-up wants to change that by providing mini solar power plants to…
How’s West Africa doing? Covid-19 tests region’s resilience
What's West Africa learned since the Ebola pandemic? When's the right moment to ease lockdown? What are the conditions for staging elections during the current crisis?…
Burkina Faso struggles to tackle terror threat
In West Africa, the nation of Burkina Faso is a weak link in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region. In the north of the country, which suffers constant terror attacks,…