West Africa is at a defining crossroads, and stakeholders from across the region will convene in Lagos in October for the West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing & Trade Summit & Exhibition 2025.

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has quietly built a functioning state-like economy across the Lake Chad region ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are ...

Intra-regional trade remains under 10%—a challenge we can no longer afford to ignore. The low trade is not due to a failure of will but a coordination failure. The global economy will not wait ...

Ninety minutes couldn’t separate the Elephants and the Lions of Teranga. On 30 January 2024, a packed Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro hosted a dream Round of 16 clash in the Africa Cup of ...