Ecuador has nearly caught up with Ghana in cocoa production, producing 580,000 tons in 2024/2025 compared with Ghana's approximately 600,000 tons. Higher cocoa prices, better farmer earnings and ...

On a recent field visit to Togo as part of a mission focused on the SSEQCU and SWEDD+ projects, Driss Zinedine, the World Bank Group’s sector director for Health, Nutrition and Population in Western ...

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana together account for about 60% of global cocoa supply. Longtime rivals in international markets, the two countries have gradually built an alliance aimed at influencing prices, ...

Côte d’Ivoire raised its guaranteed cocoa producer price by 10% to CFAF 1,100 per kilogram in September 2016, despite falling international prices, putting exporters under financial pressure. Unable ...

The Central African Banking Commission revoked 17 licenses in 2025, with most decisions accompanied by industry bans lasting five to ten years. Five license revocations in the microfinance sector led ...

Eni is looking for contractors to build a 75 MW gas-fired power plant in Mozambique's Inhambane province. The $130 million project comes alongside the company's $7.2 billion Coral Norte LNG ...

Mobile money transactions in WAEMU reached $374 billion in 2025, up 39.7% from 2024, while transaction volumes rose 37.3% to 16.37 billion. Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Burkina Faso accounted for 79.12% ...

Rwanda’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) signed agreements with MTN Rwanda and Airtel Rwanda on October 22 to align cybersecurity training with industry needs and expand access to work ...

Nearly 48.7% of CEMAC's microfinance institutions were classified as very fragile at the end of 2025. Nonperforming loans jumped 33.2% to CFA236.8 billion, while the sector's net profit plunged 89.4%.

The Central Bank of Nigeria held a business and financial roundtable in Beijing on October 21 to identify barriers to payments, settlement and trade finance between Nigeria and China. Nigeria imported ...

Togo's largest companies want simpler tax rules and targeted incentives to encourage investment and business growth. Business leaders also called for cheaper energy, more financing options, and ...

Somalia wants to enter Iraq's livestock market after export volumes fell 20% between 2023 and 2025. Livestock product export revenue dropped 3% to $922.9 million in 2025. Iraq offers a potential new ...