We provide analysis of the West African geopolitical and economic situation through such means as may prove to be expedient for the purpose. [email protected]
West Africa
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Chart of the week: Ebola arrives without a vaccine or visa
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📢Jollof rice is getting cheaper, but Ebola just hit Abuja, and @DeutscheBank says the naira is undervalued.
So your food costs less and your money might stretch further, but your immune system is on its own. 🇳🇬🦠🍚
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West Africa’s week: #Nigeria pitched $78.5 billion, #Ghana secured $288 million for cocoa, but Ebola, Borno attacks, and workers' ultimatums stole the show. Plenty of deals, plenty of deadlines. Only the deadlines actually seem to arrive on time. 🇳🇬🇬🇭 🦠
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The SBM Jollof Index fell sharply in Q3 2026, but relief reached Lagos and Ibadan, not Calabar or Port Harcourt, and did not improve the household budget.
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Chart of the week: #Nigeria's unending cycle 🇳🇬🦹♂️🔫
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Africa Watch - Fighting between #Ethiopia and Tigrayan rebels has drawn in #Eritrea, with Ethiopian troops retaking the border town of Zalambessa. 🇪🇹🇪🇷
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A bill arrived: #Nigeria's interest outran revenue. The petrol discount is 5 cents. #Ghana taxed Netflix 20%. #IvoryCoast banked $1.9bn from tourists. Asaba awaits an apology, @HQNigerianArmy saw action, and #Ethiopia and #Eritrea argue over a small town.
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The @_AfricanUnion launched AfCRA, the continent’s first regional credit rating agency, in #Mauritius on 7 October. 🌍🇲🇺
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📢#Ghana applies to BRICS.
@_AfricanUnion launches its own credit rating agency.
A man is charged with running a fake government agency.
#Africa is building new institutions and busting fake ones.
Progress comes in both directions. 🇬🇭🌍
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🌍#Africa launches a rating agency.
🇬🇭#Ghana eyes @BRICSinfo.
🇨🇮#IvoryCoast funds a dev plan.
🇳🇬#Nigeria counted 103.4 million voters, freed 20 @nysc_ng captives, gobbled 1.6 million TB.
Some institutions are real, one had a forged letterhead.
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Video - Four months changed everything: #NigeriaDecides2027 race in 3 minutes
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🇬🇭#Ghana's public debt rose to GH¢733.9 billion in July 2026, or 45.1% of GDP, from GH¢719.5 billion in June, driven by domestic borrowing and exchange-rate losses.
@thebankofghana held its policy rate at 14% for a third meeting.
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#Africa Watch: Fighting between Tigrayan forces and #Ethiopia's military intensifies, threatening the 2022 peace agreement. 🇪🇹🌍
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📢 Everyone needs a Kwam 1.
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#Nigeria & #IvoryCoast want @UN veto seats.
Opposition unites against @OfficialAPCNg.
Kwam 1 reconciles NURTW rivals.
#Ghana debt hits 45.1% of GDP.
Tigray truce crumbles.
Everyone's negotiating; even #Ethiopia needs a Kwam 1. 🇳🇬🇨🇮🇬🇭🇪🇹
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