Every year, WestAfrica sends more than $3.5 billion abroad to buy rice -- a staple food that millions of people across the region consume every day. Yet, this is a crop that grows and thrives in the region ....
Based in Hamburg, Germany, the company led by York Dohna has been seeking to break into new markets for several months. Its fuel trading subsidiary, based in Switzerland, is exploring opportunities in WestAfrica....
The recommendations adopted in Dakar are expected to guide future parliamentary engagement on energy policy and support ongoing regional efforts to expand electricity access to millions of people living in rural communities across WestAfrica.
Participants further discussed strategic initiatives intended to enhance regional cooperation, improve institutional effectiveness and position WATAF to respond to emerging challenges facing tax administrations across WestAfrica.
“This programme reflects a shared ambition not only to expand trade but to drive structural economic transformation across WestAfrica,” she said, noting that ATCMA is a key pillar of EU support under its GlobalGatewayStrategy.
In WestAfrican countries like Nigeria and Benin, vultures are poached both alive and dead for beliefs that they bring luck, success or protection against witchcraft ... This demand is now reaching vulture populations in central Africa.