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ECOWAS Bank Says West African Regional GDP Growth Reached 4.8% in 2025 as Inflation Eases
ECOWAS Bank reports West Africa’s regional GDP growth reached 4.8% in 2025, supported by easing inflation. The figure signals macroeconomic stabilization but masks significant divergence across member states, with structural vulnerabilities and commodity dependence remaining key constraints for investors and operators.
Guinea’s Mining Boom and Its Current Account Arithmetic: What the EITI Score and the Balance of Payments Reveal About the Resource Paradox
ASINT / Macro Strategy The balance of payments picture The current account balance in Guinea improved significantly in 2025, to a surplus of 11.2% of GDP from a deficit of 1.3% in 2024, following normalisation of investment income outflows and a decline in payments for services related to mining projects. Foreign exchange reserves rose to […]
ECOWAS’s Compact for the Future of Regional Integration: Reading a Six-Pillar Survival Strategy in a Fractured Bloc
ASINT / Macro Strategy The compact and what it proposes The Economic Community of West African States has proposed a new six-pillar strategic initiative, the “Compact for the Future of Regional Integration”, presented at the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja on May 14, 2026, by Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for […]
Bah Oury’s Rentier Economy Warning: What a Digital Training Platform Launch Revealed About Guinea’s Simandou Governance Dilemma
ASINT / Macro Strategy The platform and what the Prime Minister used it to say On July 1, 2026, the Guinean government officially launched the digital pedagogical platform “Mon Espace CFFP,” developed by the Centre de Formation en Finances Publiques. The ceremony was presided by Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah, in the presence of Finance […]
Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness
ASINT / Macro Strategy The July sequence and what it covers In the first week of July 2026, Guinea’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget produced three distinct public finance governance actions within four days. On July 1, the General Directorate of Taxes, the Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Guinée, and the Chambre de Commerce, […]
Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness
ASINT / Macro Strategy The July sequence and what it covers In the first week of July 2026, Guinea’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget produced three distinct public finance governance actions within four days. On July 1, the General Directorate of Taxes, the Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Guinée, and the Chambre de Commerce, […]
Senegal’s Parliament Passes Constitutional Reform Curbing Presidential Powers: Reading the Faye-Sonko Institutional Battle
ASINT / Macro Strategy The vote and what it contained On June 29, 2026, Senegal’s National Assembly adopted...
Senegal Opens the Door to Debt Renegotiation: What Sonko’s Exit Changes and What It Cannot Change
ASINT / Macro Strategy The rupture and its immediate market reading On May 22, 2026, President Bassirou Diomaye...
Mauritius and the Blue Economy Bill: When Maritime Policy Becomes a Climate Finance Architecture
ASINT / Macro Strategy The Ocean Week signal and the doubling target Mauritius opened the 2026 edition of...
Zambia’s Copper Borrowing Engine: What a Post-Default Debt Strategy Means When the Commodity It Depends On Is the Same One That Caused the Crisis
ASINT / Macro Strategy From default to buyback in five yearsIn November 2020, Zambia missed a $42.5 million...
Nine African Teams in the Knockouts: What the 2026 World Cup Breakthrough Means for the Continent’s Football Capital Base
ASINT / Macro Strategy The historical break and what it measures Africa had a historic 10 nations qualify...
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Cameroon IMF Article IV 2026: 3.3% Growth, High Debt Distress Risk, and a Fiscal Reform Agenda Tied to Iron and Bauxite Export Revenue
On March 25, 2026, the IMF Executive Board concluded the 2026 Article IV Consultation for Cameroon. The assessment...
Fitch Upgrades South Africa for the First Time in 21 Years. What the BB Rating Signals for the GNU’s Fiscal Credibility
ASINT / Macro Strategy On June 5, 2026, Fitch Ratings upgraded South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency...
IMF WAEMU 2026 Review: 6.6% Growth, Narrowing Deficits and a Fiscal Convergence Pact That Still Needs to Be Adopted
ASINT / Macro Strategy On May 21, 2026, the IMF Executive Board concluded its 2026 discussion on common...
How Africa Is Changing Catholicism: What the Continent’s Growing Institutional Weight Means for Global Power Structures
The Annuario Pontificio 2026 data reveals a remarkable increase in the number of Catholics in Africa. The number...
Benin’s West Africa Presidential Tour: What the UEMOA Circuit Signals About the New Francophone Economic Diplomacy Playbook
Romuald Wadagni, elected president of Benin on April 12, 2026 with over 94% of the vote as the...
