Latest News West Africa

Mines

06/06/2023 at 17h49, by Africa Business+

Manganese: behind the scenes at Togo’s new state-owned company 

Africa Business+ looks at the new Société togolaise de manganèse (STM), created by the Togolese government...

Air transport

05/06/2023 at 14h07, by Africa Business+

Consumer goods

05/06/2023 at 14h04, by Africa Business+

Karim Tazi opens Côte d’Ivoire’s first bleaching plant

Despite the turmoil surrounding his bedding business in the country, the Moroccan businessman has no...

Bank

01/06/2023 at 18h15, by Africa Business+

Ecobank launches virtual trade space

According to Africa Business+, the Lomé-based banking group is inaugurating a platform to facilitate...

New technologies

01/06/2023 at 13h28, by Africa Business+

Atos and Idemia selected for biometric identity project in Togo 

The project is part of the World Bank’s Standardised Identification Programme for West Africa.

Agri-food industry

31/05/2023 at 17h24, by Africa Business+

Poultry farming: Senegalese companies Gade-Gui and Couvoir Amar invest in a slaughterhouse

The chicken producer and hatchery specialist is entering a niche where Sedima, Avi Sénégal and Avisen...

Electricity

31/05/2023 at 16h56, by Africa Business+

ICSID/Senegal arbitration : Dakar challenges tribunal’s jurisdiction in Sandou power plant case

In the next few days, Senegal’s lawyers plan to file a request to bifurcate the ICSID arbitration initiated...

Commercial banking

30/05/2023 at 14h42, by Africa Business+

Access Bank UK Paris Branch to become full subsidiary

Further information with Africa Business+.

Land transport

26/05/2023 at 18h37, by Africa Business+

Jules Samain, CEO of Spiro electric motorbikes: “We have passed the million battery exchange milestone, and we are planning to raise further funds”

Launched barely a year ago, Spiro is now the leader in electric mobility in Africa, with 7,000 two-wheelers...

Agri-food industry

26/05/2023 at 18h21, by Africa Business+

Carré d’Or, owned by Ezzedine family, has sold Nouvelle MICI Embaci to AFIG and Norfund

The Ivorian group is getting rid of its packaging and printing subsidiary. 

Agribusiness

25/05/2023 at 17h58, by Africa Business+

Insurtech OKO in talks with Cargill, Mars, Mondelez and Barry Callebaut in Côte d’Ivoire 

OKO accelerates its development in the country, targeting 30,000 policyholders by the end of 2025.

Hotel business

24/05/2023 at 20h05, by Africa Business+

Kasada seeks three MIGA guarantees for hotel projects in Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Senegal worth $75m

The programme for the construction, acquisition and refurbishment of hotels in sub-Saharan Africa led...

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