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Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, is one of the largest and most prolific in the world. It produces an estimated 2,500 movies annually, generates …

Guinea-Bissau’s capital city, Bissau, has regained electricity after nearly two days of blackout caused by a dispute between the government and a Turkish power company. Karpowership, which operates floating power …

South Africa is poised to reclaim its position as the continent’s biggest economy next year, according to the latest forecasts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF’s World Economic …

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has announced a proposed budget of N26 trillion ($34 billion) for the 2024 fiscal year, a 19% increase from the current budget of N21.8 trillion. The …

The Gambia, a small West African nation, plans to launch its first stock exchange to diversify its financial sector and provide more business funding options. The country’s economy has been …

Africa is hosting the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for the first time in 50 years, amid rising tensions between the US and China …

Niger, a former French colony in West Africa, has announced that it will withdraw its cooperation with France and expel its troops and ambassador following a military coup that ousted …

PARIS – Hundreds of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger students are facing uncertainty and frustration as they struggle to obtain visas for France, where they have been accepted for academic …

Nigeria’s fintech sector is experiencing a surge of growth and innovation as startups compete to offer digital solutions for the country’s large and underserved financial market. However, this also means …

On Wednesday, Burkina Faso’s military junta said that a group of rogue officers had prevented an attempted coup who planned to attack the presidential residence, an army barracks, and a …