(Ecofin Agency) - While raising funds remains essential to finance budget deficits and infrastructure spending, the ongoing high interest rates may significantly strain these countries' repayment ...

Senegal’s budget deficit averaged 10.4% of GDP, nearly double the initially reported 5.5%, while public debt exceeded 83% of GDP in 2023, according to the government. Moody's downgraded Senegal’s ...

The African Development Bank Group has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Pinto Moreira as Director of Special Operations in the President’s Cabinet Office, effective 1 July 2024. Dr. Pinto Moreira, a Beninise ...

In Congo, 48.31% of consumers are unhappy with the mobile Internet services provided by telecom operators MTN and Airtel. This finding comes from the “Satisfaction Survey on Postal and ...

The IMF says Ghana has successfully met its quantitative targets for the end of June 2024. Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff-level agreement with Ghanaian authorities on ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Guinea-Bissau is set to expand its blockchain-based payroll management platform to cover all government employees. By November 2024, this solution may track the information of ...

(Ecofin Agency) - BOA Mali’s net profit surged in the first half of 2024, reaching CFA4.8 billion, driven by a 44% drop in risk costs and a modest 4% increase in net banking income, despite inflation, ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Struggling to stay competitive, Tmcel is focused on boosting service quality to stand out in the national telecom market, where it faces competition from Vodacom and Movitel.

(Ecofin Agency) - In Q1 2024, Togo was Benin's top customer in the ECOWAS region. However, Nigeria has since taken the lead, boosted by increased exports of various products, including rice. Nigeria ...