West Africa in February 2026: the most important developments in economy
West Africa in February 2026 saw news on banking, cocoa and gold. Ecobank's profit rose 29% to 950 billion naira for the 2025 financial year. In Ivory Coast, cocoa stocks from the main harvest piled up in warehouses on 16 February, and on 26 February sources said Ivory Coast would cut the price paid to farmers for cocoa with an earlier start of the mid-crop.
Ghana set a target of 127 tonnes of artisanal gold a year under sweeping reforms. Lagos approved a bus fare increase, and Benin turned invasive water hyacinth into what it calls green gold.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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