With barely three days to go until Ivorians are called to vote on a new constitution, opposition parties have called on their supporters to boycott the plebiscite...

Cote d'Ivoire is the world's number one cashew producer notwithstanding a drop in 2016 production due to poor weather.

Ghana's state-owned power generation company, the Volta River Authority (VRA), is indebted to 13 local banks and foreign financial institutions to the tune of about US$ 1.1billion as at July, 2016.

Three days after Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo swore the oath of office as the president of Ghana, he nominated his first batch of 13 ministers-designate for parliamentary approval.

Three days after Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo swore the oath of office as the president of Ghana, he nominated his first batch of 13 ministers-designate for parliamentary approval.

President Muhammadu Buhari flew to the UK on 20 January for a holiday and was expected back in Nigeria on 6 February.

South Africa is developing a roadmap to keep its auto industry competitive as principal export markets increasingly adopt new energy technology. The government published an investment plan...

This week, the National Assembly is screening President William Ruto's cabinet nominees and the prime cabinet secretary position has come under scrutiny.

Parliamentary elections took place in Cote d'Ivoire yesterday after a very brief but intense six-day campaign period.

A one-week extension of parliamentary sittings has seen a number of noteworthy bills passed into law in Ghana. Parliamentarians were originally supposed to rise on 29 July 2016 but during....

​Last week a high court in Lagos annulled the electricity tariff hike that took effect in February saying it wasn't introduced through due process.

On International Women's Day, it's our pleasure to share this conversation with playwright JOT Agyeman who has just finished the script for "Yaa Asantewaa", his play depicting the story...

From One Health Scare To Another: Liberia And Sierra Leone Under Threat From Poor Sanitation, Wateraid Warns .

Following a call to concede defeat by incumbent President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party...

Ghana's central bank has a mandate to pursue "price stability and create an enabling environment for sustainable economic growth in the economy".

The IMF mission to Ghana for the 3rd review of the country's bailout programme with the Bretton Wood institution ended on Friday, 2nd September, 2016.

Liberia's power sector is in a crucial transition phase. The state-owned utility is reverting to government control after the end of a privatisation programme financed with grants.

An ongoing impeachment process in South Africa reached a critical point when the investigating panel declared on 30 November that President Cyril Ramaphosa likely violated the constitution...

Attempting to gain perspective the morning after an unprecedented night before sounds like an exercise in futility yet that is precisely what Britons, Europeans, Africans, indeed the world sought to do in the immediate aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Barclays Africa has announced that it plans to list its NewGold exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in the coming months.