…HabariPay’s 2026 strategy to deepen its presence among small businesses, expand across West Africa, and cement its position as a payments business, GTCO launched Habari in 2018 as a super app before repositioning it in 2022 into HabariPay, a dedicated fintech subsidiary focused on digital payments. Through its flagship…

…challenge lies elsewhere. Johnson Agogbua, co-founder and chief executive of Kasi Cloud, West Africa's first hyperscale-ready AI-capable data centre, said Nigeria has enough data centre space to support the migration. “The short answer is yes,” Agogbua told TechCabal via email. “Physical data centre capacity is not the…

…the two ex-State Department officials said. Shortly after Ghana started taking in west African deportees, Washington reversed its visa restrictions and lifted a 15 percent tariff on its cocoa and agricultural exports. But even doing a deportation deal has not helped Equatorial Guinea escape its travel ban. – ‘Legal bla…

By Adeola Badru IBADAN- CONFERENCE of the West African College of Physicians, WACP, yesterday, urged government at all levels to strengthen the health system or risk worsening the ongoing migration of skilled medical professionals, declining service delivery, and deepening pressures on already overstretched hospitals.…

…culture, heritage and sports. Muhammad claimed the top prize for her RM Times report, West Africa's Borderless Women, which documents the long-standing migration of women from Ejigbo in Osun State to Côte d'Ivoire in search of economic opportunities. The story highlights how generations of women built thriving business…

…Cross River, Lagos and Ondo states would further strengthen Nigeria's position as West Africa's preferred maritime hub. The minister also noted that improved port operations had contributed to Nigeria recording a national trade surplus consistently since 2024. On inland waterway safety, Oyetola said the ministry had in…

…first widebody Bugatti Chiron and one of the most expensive privately owned cars in West Africa. Venuum had also announced on their Instagram in May 2026 that it was "creating the world's first Widebody for the Bugatti Chiron.A one-of-one project built for someone very special to us, a member of the VENUUM family who i…

…not have done that. Today, it is my joy to see UNA become the second largest airline in West Africa. It is my prayer that all Nigerian airlines succeed and none falls off the sky. While we can compete, we should remain friends and share ideas." Policy For Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, t…

…multinational peacekeeping operations and strengthening regional security cooperation in West Africa. It noted that the deployment reflected its operational readiness and reinforced Nigeria's leadership in regional peace support efforts. The service attributed the successful operation to the professionalism and dedicat…

…months as tightening global base oil supplies and rising prices limit imports into West Africa, according to a report by global energy and commodity intelligence firm Argus. The report, based on insights from Argus' Head of Base Oil Pricing, Gabriella Twinning, said lower availability of base oils and rising global pri…

…Fred Chiazo, said the alliance had become a model for food fortification coordination in West Africa, with Nigeria now chairing the ECOWAS food fortification programme. He disclosed that the country is set to launch the first dedicated food fortification alliance website in Africa, a move expected to improve transparen…

…around $124 for a two-year permit in Rwanda. A company deciding where to headquarter its West African or pan-African operations will weigh these numbers. For many, the calculation ends before Lagos is seriously considered. Any country serious about attracting foreign direct investment will consider these indices. This…

…facilitating financial transactions and money transfers on behalf of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the West African affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group. OFAC also sanctioned Nine To Nine Exchange Bureau De Change Limited, Generation Currency Bureau De Change Limited, and Manhattan Bureau De…

…currently sitting in its development pipeline, Nigeria is rapidly positioning itself as West Africa's primary renewable energy manufacturing hub. Locally manufactured solar panels are now actively rolling off industrial assembly lines in corridors like Lagos. These high-grade components are no longer just lighting up N…

…while demand remains resilient, creating another surge in prices. According to him, West Africa’s leading cocoa-producing countries lost about 40 per cent of their harvests during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, while global cocoa production declined by about 13 per cent in the 2023/24 season, pushing prices to a record $11…

…significant successes against members of Ansaru, Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, aided by intelligence provided by the DSS. Sources said no fewer than 168 high-profile terrorist commanders had been neutralised during recent operations, while scores of others had been arrested. Many insurge…

…activities are banned in the country. The withdrawal of French armed forces from several West African countries (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Senegal) has seriously damaged France's reputation. Many analysts agree that Paris has not come to terms with its loss of influence in its former colonies and is hatching plans…

…play a more prominent role in driving economic transformation and sustainable growth in West Africa.

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a suspected informant for the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorist group during a routine patrol operation in Borno State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama revealed…

In a significant boost for West Africa’s growing creative economy, Omolara Coker, Nigerian visual artist, has emerged as the grand

…European colonisation. Despite facing external pressures and territorial disputes, the West African nation maintained its sovereignty throughout the colonial era. 3. Japan Unlike many Asian countries that fell under Western domination, Japan transformed itself into a modern power during the Meiji Restoration in the lat…

…in the top three, showing just how much of Africa's urban future is being written in West Africa's most populous nation. Below is how the ten largest cities on the continent stack up in 2026, counting up from tenth to first, according to data we analyzed from World Population Review. 10. Alexandria, Egypt - 5,521,580 p…

…way of closing the borders, hence the proliferation of ISIS-inspired terrorist groups in West Africa. But if closure of borders is possible and would reduce the influx of foreigners and thus reduce violent crimes, so be it! What would you recommend as the best option to tame the rising scale of violent crimes that has…

…finance, technology and human capital to drive prosperity across Nigeria, West Africa and the global economy. Sanwo-Olu made the assertion on Saturday at the Geo-Economic Optimization Summit Lagos 2026, organised by the Citadel School of Government in Oregun, where he said geoeconomics-the deliberate use of economic in…

…among the early European visitors to our land, Nigeria, as well as other coun- tries of West Africa for that matter, was regarded as unsuitable for permanent white settlement. From 1808 to the early sixties of that century, two things appear to have sustained the interests of the British Government in Nigeria. They wer…