Côte d’Ivoire Tables Its 2027 Finance Law, Signalling Fiscal Priorities...
The Council of Ministers of Côte d’Ivoire adopted the 2027 budget bill on 14 October 2026 at the......
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At the UN, Mali Presents Resource Control and Domestic Financing as Its Economic Line
At the UN, Mali Presents Resource Control and Domestic Financing as Its Economic Line Mali used its address to the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September 2026 to present control of natural resources and domestic financing as the core of its economic line. Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop delivered the statement on behalf of His […]
What Does Nigeria’s FTSE Reclassification Actually Restore for Investors?
FTSE Russell has restored Nigeria to its Frontier Market Index, effective today, reversing the 2023 removal tied to FX distortions. The reclassification reopens passive frontier fund inflows but does not by itself confirm sustained portfolio allocation or liquidity depth.
Four Ordinances, One Package: What Guinea’s €416.8M Financing Deal Actually Confirms
Guinea’s government has ratified four ordinances covering €416.8M in export-credit financing for a Guinea-Mali power interconnection, a Deutsche Bank/Crédit Agricole/Bpifrance-backed power facility, and a Deutsche Bank Spain-arranged road credit. Ratification confirms legal commitment, not disbursement, execution, or construction timelines.
Guinea Ratifies €416.8M in Export-Credit Financing for Power and Roads
Guinea Ratifies €416.8M in Export-Credit Financing for Power and Roads President Mamadi Doumbouya promulgated ordinary law L/2026/001/AN on 18 September 2026, ratifying four presidential ordinances that mobilise more than €416.8 million (roughly 3,900 billion GNF) for Guinea’s national electricity grid and a strategic road linking Haute-Guinée to central Guinea, according to AfricaGuinée. What the ordinances […]
Côte d’Ivoire Ranks as Africa’s Second-Largest IMF Debtor as Ghana Posts Record Repayment
Côte d’Ivoire held SDR 4,143,977,044 (roughly $5.6 billion) in outstanding IMF credit as of 15 September 2026, ranking it second on the continent behind Egypt, according to a ranking compiled by YEN.com.gh from IMF data. Ghana, in third position with SDR 2.99 billion, recorded the largest single repayment made by any African country in the […]
New Customs Enforcement on the Labé–Koundara–Senegal Corridor Stalls Cross-Border Traffic
Road traffic on the Labé-Koundara-Senegal axis, one of Guinea’s main overland links to Senegal and Gambia, is again disrupted, this time by a sudden tightening of customs enforcement rather than the transporter strike that paralysed the same corridor earlier in September, according to AfricaGuinée. What changed Guinean customs officials have ended what had been an […]
AfDB Projects Guinea Growth Above 9%, But Flags a Financing Base Too Narrow to Absorb It
AfDB projects Guinea’s growth above 9% for 2026-2027, driven almost entirely by Simandou-linked iron ore output. The bank...
Multilateral Financing in West Africa: How the EU’s Cross-Sector Pipeline Actually Works
The EU’s Global Gateway architecture is increasingly structured to channel blended finance simultaneously into health, digital and energy...
Sierra Leone’s Bio Sends Constitutional Amendment to Supreme Court, Delaying Assent
President Bio’s referral of a contested constitutional amendment to Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court delays implementation and shifts the...
Benin and Nigeria Test Digital Customs Link at Sèmè-Kraké After Physical Border Post Stalled
Benin and Nigeria are piloting a real-time customs data exchange (CDES) at Sèmè-Kraké, targeting clearance times of under...
Guinea’s sovereign wealth fund takes shape as an OHADA public company anchored on the Santiago Principles
Guinea has moved from announcing a sovereign wealth fund to detailing how it would actually be governed. At...
Guinea: Conakry Groups Its 30 Ministries Into Four Blocks to Test Execution Capacity for Simandou 2040
The Announcement Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah unveiled a new structure for Guinea’s government administration on August 31...
AFC Sets Up Its Own Insurer in Bermuda: What That Says About Pricing African Infrastructure Risk
Africa Finance Corporation has established an insurance company in Bermuda to cover the loans it makes. The subsidiary...
Gabon Infini: A $200 Million Conservation Finance Vehicle Attached to a National Development Plan
Gabon signed a framework agreement on 29 August that commits up to $200 million over ten years to...
Diaspora Capital in West Africa: Kankan Sets a December Deadline for a $237.5 Million Pipeline
A diaspora federation has put a number and a date on Kankan’s investment ambitions. Both deserve reading carefully,...
After Cocoa and Cashews, Is Côte d’Ivoire Preparing Its Next Star Product?
Ivorian shea butter has taken a new step towards certification. Named “Sheatrou,” the future collective mark aims to...
Tshisekedi Launches National Dialogue in DRC, Deliberately Excluding Armed Groups From the Table
Tshisekedi’s national dialogue on state refoundation excludes armed groups by design. For investors exposed to eastern DRC’s mineral...
