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West African Firms Can Now Connect Their Own Software to the Regional Payment System

Twenty-four approved business interfaces now connect company accounting software to the UEMOA instant payment system used across eight West African...

September 17, 2026

Ivorian Cocoa Cards Record 38,000 Farmer Sales

38,000 Ivorian cocoa producers sold using traceability cards between 1 and 13 September. The system became mandatory when the season...

September 16, 2026

Senegal Wins US$2.2 Billion From the IMF and Shields Its CFA Debt

The Senegal debt treatment plan leaves CFA-denominated debt outside restructuring, hours after an IMF staff-level deal worth about US$2.2 billion.

September 3, 2026

Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It

Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...

September 2, 2026

Moody’s Cuts Senegal to Caa2 as Debt Nears 108% of GDP

The Senegal credit rating is now Caa2, after a Moody's downgrade citing public debt near 108% of GDP and interest...

September 1, 2026

Niger Reopened Its Budget, and the Army Is One of Seven Reasons

Niger raised its 2026 budget 2% to 2,980.54 billion CFA francs, about US$5.3 billion. Security is one of seven reasons...

August 25, 2026

In One Day, Chad Handed ARISE an Industrial Zone and Took a Chinese Grant

The Chad industrial zone at Zindjam goes to ARISE IIP under six contracts, while a 300 million yuan Chinese grant...

August 21, 2026

West Africa’s Shared Stock Market Just Passed US$35 Billion for the First Time

The BRVM crossed 20 trillion CFA francs, about US$35.7bn, on 20 August 2026, after a rally of more than 50%...

August 21, 2026

Senegal Lifts Peanut Export Tax as Shipments Rebound After 2024 Slump

Senegal peanut exports are rebounding in 2025/26 after the government scrapped a 4% export tax, targeting up to 450,000 tonnes...

August 11, 2026