France grapples with waning influence in West Africa
Orano — which is itself 90% owned by the French state — holds a 63% stake in Somair. The rest of the uranium venture is controlled by Niger's state-run Sopamin. Orano has…
The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Ingenuity meets technology (Part 3)
Every aspect of the wood business is crude and the players are proud to let you know. In this episode of our seven part series, you will get a first hand look…
The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Our life, Our story (Part 2)
Behind West Africa's largest Wood market are men and women who have invested heavily in the business. In this part of our Wood Merchant series, we look at the life and stories…
The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Forest to furniture (Part 1)
Everyone knows what a furniture looks like but how many people know the origin of the wood used in making them? In our seven-part series exploring Oko Baba Wood Market, we get…
What Saraki told ECONEC delegation
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has charged heads of election management bodies in the ECOWAS region to always deliver credible elections that would deepen democracy and good governance in West Africa.…
MTN Nigeria postpones listing on NSE
Nigeria's largest telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has postponed plans to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange citing macroeconomic conditions.…
Nigeria releases economic recovery plan
Nigeria's ministry of budget and National planning has made public the much anticipated economic recovery and growth plan. Kayode Akindele, Partner, TIA Capital joins CNBC Africa to for more.…
Investment outlook for West Africa
The West African landscape has had a busy start to the year, with a new administration in Ghana, political uncertainty in The Gambia and continued foreign exchange shortage in Nigeria…
Hundreds of West African migrants deported from Algeria
Hundreds of West African migrants continue to be forcibly deported from Algeria every week. Many are rounded up in the capital Algiers and bussed to Agadez - over 2,600km to the country’s…
West Africa’s retail penetration growth disappoint compared to S.A – Expert
Commercial property services company Broll, says retail penetration in West Africa is less than 5 per cent compared to South Africa which is estimated at 60 per cent.…
PENCOM: Obasanjo’s expectations for the World Pension Summit Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo enacted a law to decentralise and privatise pension administration in 2004, thereby constituting the National Pensions Commission as the regulatory authority to oversee activities of pension fund.…