The World Bank approved in late December $311 million in financing for the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE) in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo.  The project will finance the installation and operation of approximately 106 MW of solar capacity power with battery storage systems, the expansion of...

Populations at immediate risk from coastal erosion, flooding and pollution, and people depending on agroindustry and tourism along the coastlines in The Gambia, Ghana, and Guinea-Bissau will benefit from the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (WACA ResIP 2), approved today for a total amount of $246 million in International...

The platform enables companies to send and collect payments seamlessly through a digital account. Based in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and France, it has just raised 5 million dollars to open new offices in West Africa. By editorial staff Julaya, a fintech based in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and France has announced...

Ecobank, the leading Pan-African Banking Group, has been named ‘Best Trade Finance Bank in West Africa’ at the prestigious Global Trade Review’s Leaders in Trade awards. The award comes as recognition of Ecobank’s solutions for domestic and regional supply chain financing across key trade corridors as well as the bank’s...

The African Development Bank and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding for $3.56 million in grant funding to support the development of pharmaceutical industries in West Africa. The project's total cost is $3.77 million, to which the ECOWAS Commission...

Kajou has just closed a €1 million financing round to accelerate its development in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Cameroon.Kajou is a social enterprise created by the NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières that develops innovative solutions for distributing digital training and information content to populations with...

Ready to do anything to join the Western "Eldorado", young Senegalese should instead work to lay the foundations for a better future in their own country. A future that will include an increased effort towards industrialisation. By Ibrahima Sarr* On my recent return from Saint-Louis (one of Senegal's main cities,...

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned on July 9, 2021, the four-level interchange, Pokuasse, the largest interchange in West Africa and the second in Africa....

As part of the International Online Conference being held by the ECOWAS Commission from April 28 to May 10, 2021 to share its food security storage experience with its partners and the other regions of the world, humanitarian agencies have pledged to support and work in respect of the West...

Why investing in Africa and why now? The viewpoint of an African investor. Henri Saoue, Founder and CEO, IVOS. In which sector and in which countries does your company operate - in Africa and globally? Ivoire Oilfield Services (IVOS) is a company specializing in the provision of environmental services, especially for the...