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Cash is fading in West Africa as fintech rewrites the rules of money
14/04/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Man pushing truck with gallons of water in Benin. Photo by Dananjaya Nugraha @ Unsplash
Can West Africa’s development bank scale up without taking on too much risk?
02/04/2026
Alhousseiny Djigo
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Fishing market in Dakar, Senegal. Photo by Marie Vicat @ Pixabay
West Africa central bank cuts rates again as deflation opens rare policy window
06/03/2026
Brandon Orion Mensah
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A busy street of Burkina Faso. Photo by MIGUEL BAIXAULI @ Unsplash
Burkina Faso plans $432mn Diaspora Bond to tap overseas citizens
26/02/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Gold bars. Photo by Zlaťáky @ Unsplash
Africa’s collateral economy: How gold, cocoa and copper are reshaping frontier bonds
13/02/2026
Kent Mensah
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Gold bars. Photo by Jingming Pan @ Unsplash
Burkina Faso hits record gold output as reforms reshape mining sector
09/02/2026
Ahmed Boulor
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A busy street of Burkina Faso. Photo by MIGUEL BAIXAULI @ Unsplash
Burkina Faso raises $150mn in oversubscribed WAEMU bond sale
30/01/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. © Pixabay
Burkina Faso opens year with $70 million bond sale on WAEMU
16/01/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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