Senegal has rejected licensing requests for 52 new industrial fishing vessels, after Senegalese small-scale fishers and industrial shipowners raised the alarm. On World Ocean’s Day, June 8, the Minister of Fisheries rejected the requests, in a victory for sustainable fisheries. Attention is now on a similar case in Ghana,...
Ivory Coast farmers say leaving crop to rot
Cashew prices at unprofitable lows, some farmers say
Africa raw cashew exports to fall 30% - industry body
Buying picks up in Ghana, output on track to reach target
Olivier Gore-Bi took out loans to ready his 12-acre cashew farm in...
Senegal has demonstrated strong ambition for economic development and rapid progress toward becoming an attractive investment destination
Although they are located 1,800Km from each other, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal vie for the place of economic leader in West Africa - with a slight advantage for the former which, thanks to...
As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies, its full toll on agriculture is yet to be reckoned more fully. The restrictions on movement and the limited social interactions will strain livelihoods and the agricultural supply chain as access to inputs and extension support services by the already vulnerable...
Nigeria’s oil and gas exports are expected to decline by at least $26.5 billion as the novel coronavirus batters international prices and cuts fuel demand, the International Monetary Fund said late last week Wednesday.
Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil exporter, told the IMF in a letter requesting emergency financial assistance that...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has scheduled a virtual meeting of Heads of States of member countries to further discuss the coronavirus situation in the sub-region, tomorrow, April 23.
The ‘Extraordinary Session’ which be held via videoconference follows an earlier meeting involving the “ministers in charge of...
Ivory Coast will stop distributing hybrid seedlings and other advanced technologies that help cocoa farmers improve yields to cut overproduction that has weighed on cocoa prices, according to a letter by the regulator sent to exporters.
“We inform you of our decision to suspend the distribution of improved plant material...
Tullow Oil Plc has announced that it will complete the repair works on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah on the Jubilee oil fields by the end 2018.
This will bring to an end the intermittent shutdowns of the Jubilee FPSO Kwame Nkrumah due to the faulty Turret Bearing which for the...
National development, economic growth, infrastructure, industrialisation and manufacturing, share a common denominator; adequate and constant power supply.
Such regularity in power supply guarantees that industries that create employment and wealth, run on a twenty-four hour cycle. Despite years of lip service to building up power supply in Nigeria, the capacity...
Ghana has urged members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to show commitment to a borderless sub-region.
Mr. Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior who made the call, said the rationale for forming ECOWAS - which was a borderless West Africa - still remains relevant, and requested...