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The Gambia: Stimulating sustained and all-encompassing growth 2023-2027
By Ben Eguzozie Though recovering from tourism, its economic mainstay, The Gambia needs urgent policy paradigm shift from low value-added tourism to a...
Rising Food Insecurity in West Africa, Sahel
By Azubuike Ibemesi The outlook for food security in 2024 in West Africa and the Sahel is bleak. This projection is contained in...
West Africa Energy Transition | What does the Future Hold?
Available data shows West Africa, like the other regions of the African continent,looks unlikely to switch over to green energy by 2030. How...
Nigeria, Others to Experience Reduction in Grains Production
Nigeria and the rest of West Africa are expected to experience a significant decrease in the production of maize, sorghum, and millet this year.According to the West...
Côte d’Ivoire blazes off with West Africa’s first Net-zero fossil fuel project from the Baleine oilfield
By Ben Eguzozie At the end of August, Africa Oil Week (AOW), which is the voice of E&P, the global platform for stimulating...
“Africa needs to have a lot more resources for financing climate” – Akinwumi Adesina
By Kenneth Mohammed In an exclusive interview with The Guardian.com, Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank, says the outlook is good...
Nigeria Customs intercepts 105 wild birds worth N24m in Badagry
By Raji Rasak The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday said that it had intercepted 105 wild birds being...
Senegalese Navy Apprehends 1,266 in Pursuit of Greener Pastures
The Senegalese Navy has made a significant announcement, revealing the apprehension of two canoes transporting 416 individuals engaged in irregular emigration. This recent...
Africa will have more than one in five working-age persons by 2050, amidst economic upheavals – World Bank
Rising instability, weak growth in the region’s largest economies, and lingering uncertainty in the global economy are dragging down growth prospects in SubSaharan...
