April 14
Nigeria: IMF Urges Caution As Middle East War Clouds Outlook Ahead of CBN Rate Decision
Leadership
Ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria next month (May 2026), the International Monetary Fund has urged central banks across the world… Read more »
Nigeria: IMF Lowers Nigeria's 2026 Growth Projections to 4.1% Over Rising Fuel, Fertiliser Prices
Leadership
The IMF in its April 2025 World Economic Outlook revised downwards Nigeria's 2026 growth from 4.4 per cent which it projected in January this year to 4.1 per cent while growth is… Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Oil Minister Alison-Madueke Denies Bribery Charges in UK Court
Premium Times
Former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has denied allegations of bribery and corruption before a UK court, insisting she neither solicited nor received illicit payments… Read more »
Senegal: Digital Radicalisation in Senegal - Early Warning of an Evolving Terror Threat [analysis]
ISS
As the risk of jihadist influence grows in southeastern Senegal, the digital dimension must be integrated into terrorism prevention strategies. Read more »
Liberia: Airport Revolt Brewing - Unpaid Workers Threaten to Shut Down Monrovia's Domestic Airport As Salary Arrears Spark Anger and Corruption Questions
FrontPageAfrica
Tension is rapidly rising at the James Spriggs Payne Airport, where frustrated employees are threatening to shut down all airport operations over months of unpaid salaries, in a… Read more »
Liberia: House Reviews U.S.$45m Draft Supplementary Budget for Possible Passage
FrontPageAfrica
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget, and Public Accounts to review the US$45 million Draft Supplementary… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Seeks Global Support As Economic Shocks Dominate IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
Premium Times
The finance minister said Nigeria's reform programme is fundamentally about macroeconomic stability for the purpose of attracting investments required to lift millions out of… Read more »
Liberia: CRC Workers Suspend Protest
Liberian Observer
Workers at Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC) have suspended a two-day go-slow action and resumed full operations following what labor leaders describe as constructive engagement… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Cocoa Crisis Is Not a Price Story - It Is a Governance Failure [analysis]
African Arguments
In February 2026, Ghana did something it had not done in living memory. It cut the guaranteed farm-gate cocoa price by 28.6 percent in a single announcement - from GH₵58,000 to… Read more »
Nigeria: FCMB Taps Cultural Economy to Drive Inclusion At 2026 Ibadan Festival
Vanguard
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is positioning culture as an economic engine, leveraging platforms such as the Ibadan Cultural Festival to support small businesses, deepen… Read more »
Liberia: LEC Launches Smart Metering Project to Combat Power Theft, Enhance Service Delivery
FrontPageAfrica
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), in partnership with Senapt Liberia Trading LLC, has officially commissioned a transformative smart metering project designed to overhaul… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Data Protection Sector Faces 480,000-Worker Shortage - NDPC
Leadership
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) said the country faces a significant gap of 480,000 Data Protection Officers (DPOs), in spite of notable progress recorded in the last… Read more »
Liberia: NPA Deputy Managing Director Tours Harper Port, Highlights Major Trade Opportunities
FrontPageAfrica
The Deputy Managing Director for Operations of the National Port Authority (NPA), Emmanuel M. Horton, has described the Port of Harper as a strategic gateway capable of boosting… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Airspace Systems Not Obsolete - Naae Tackles Natca
Vanguard
The National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) has rejected claims by the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers' Association (NATCA) over proposed nationwide flow control and… Read more »
Liberia: U.S.$100k Modern School Facility for Louisiana Township
Liberian Observer
First Baptist Church of Louisiana has officially broken ground on a modern school facility valued at more than US$100,000, marking a major step in advancing its long-standing… Read more »
Nigeria: Aligning Tax Systems to Drive Economic Growth
Leadership
African leaders and tax experts have renewed calls for urgent, coordinated action to tackle illicit financial flows (IFFs) and strengthen domestic resource mobilisation (DRM),… Read more »
Ghana: GNFS responds to Mile 44 Accident
Ghanaian Times
The Suhum Municipal Fire Station on Monday April 13, received a distress call reporting a road accident at Mile 44 on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Read more »
Ghana: Kwahu Business Forum - My Engagement With President Mahama Has Boosted My Business - - Lydia Forson
Ghanaian Times
Ghanaian actress and entrepreneur, Lydia Forson, has indicated that her interaction with John Dramani Mahama at the Kwahu Business Forum has significantly increased visibility for… Read more »
Ghana: 'We Are Working to Transform the Kwahu Business Village Into an International Conference Hub'
Ghanaian Times
A team member of the Kwahu Business Forum and special aide to the Chief of staff, Benjamin Essuman has revealed that the team is working on developing the forum into a major… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia, Liberia Eye Strategic Partnership in Defense and Technology
ENA
Ethiopia and Liberia are deepening their longstanding partnership with a renewed focus on military industry and defense technology cooperation, as both nations seek to set an… Read more »
Nigeria: Why 33 Percent Are Jobless and Everyone Else Seems to Be Working
Premium Times
The more policy-relevant measure is the vulnerable employment rate. Read more »
Nigeria: Public Debt Sustainability and Fiscal Responsibility in Nigeria
Premium Times
I was recently invited to give a lecture with the above title by Professor Jide Oladipo, the erudite Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Nile University, Abuja to mark their… Read more »
Nigeria: Dollar to Naira Exchange Rate Today, April 14, 2026
Vanguard
The Nigerian Naira showed signs of marginal recovery in the early trading hours of Tuesday, April 14, 2026, as the foreign exchange market reacted to mid-month liquidity shifts and… Read more »
Nigeria: Nama, ATCs Disagree Over Nigerian Airspace Safety
Vanguard
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has refuted claims that the country's airspace was unsafe in terms of communication, navigation and surveillance. Read more »
Nigeria: Middle East War / How FG Is Responding to Global Economic Shock - Edun
Vanguard
lSay naira stability comes at heavy cost as FX reserves decline Read more »
