News Benin: Benin: Moody's Upgrades Benin Credit Rating to Ba3 On Growth, Debt Gains
Moody's Ratings upgraded Benin's sovereign rating to Ba3 from B1 and changed the outlook to stable from positive, citing growth, fiscal management and progress on public debt. The change applies to Benin's local- and foreign-currency issuer ratings and to debt issued by Benin Sukuk SA. Ba3 remains 3 notches below investment grade.
News Benin: Benin Stakes Its Claim As Africa’s Next Hub For Tourism And Investment With PFL Africa Finals
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. In just a few weeks, the Republic of Benin will host the inaugural ...
News Benin: What You Need To Know Before Buying Your First Bitcoin
Regulated exchanges like Coinbase and Binance handle a large volume of bitcoin purchases today. They connect to your bank account, verify your identity and let you buy bitcoin with dollars or other ...
News Benin: Niger Aims to Become Major Oil Exporter
Niger resumed oil exports through the Niger-Benin pipeline after resolving a border dispute with Benin, marking a significant development for the West African nation's energy sector and economic prospects.
News Benin: How to Start Trading Forex in Benin
Trade forex in Benin with Interactive Brokers or FOREX.com as your trusted online forex brokers. As a developing nation, forex trading is still largely unheard of in most parts of Benin. However, as ...
News Benin: Deconstructing China’s Interest in the Niger-Benin Rapprochement
Niger’s relations with its neighbor Benin have been strained since a July 2023 coup in Niger, followed by border closures. Despite incurring huge losses, landlocked Niger was reluctant to open its ...
News Benin: Benin - The African Development Bank Supports a Study Aimed At Strengthening the Textile Industry Through the Private Sector
Announcement - The Country Office of the African Development Bank Group in Benin - one of Africa's leading cotton producers - organised a workshop in Cotonou on 31 July 2024 to provide feedback about a study on private sector players bringing fresh momentum to the country's textile industry.
News Benin: Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry
GLO-DJIGBE, Benin (Reuters) - On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts - part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector. Benin has in the last few years become Africa's leading cotton producer, with annual production of 728,000 tonnes in 2020/21, according to government figures. Now, an initiative is under way to create jobs and revenue by processing the cotton locally, with the goal of exporting apparel to consumer markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States.
News Benin: Cryptocurrencies are in crisis, but they are not going to disappear
Cryptocurrencies are experiencing their worst crisis since the arrival of the first crypto assets and virtual currencies in the 1990s and their democratization in the 2010s. Bitcoin had an ...
News Benin: Cryptocurrencies and U.S. Sanctions Evasion: Implications for Russia
A current risk in today’s trade ecosystem is that countries leverage cryptocurrencies to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are not backed by central banks and are ...
News Benin: Best ethereum ETFs of 2024
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News Benin: What Is An Ethereum Spot ETF? What You Should Know
Tracking the performance of an Ethereum Spot ETF. A cryptocurrency network purpose-built to enable smart contracts and decentralized applications, Ethereum is powered by its native token, ether (ETH).
News Benin: Benin Launches First Three Projects in 26-School Agricultural Training Plan
Benin approved the construction of three agricultural vocational schools in Bassila, Ouessè, and Zè, launching a broader program of 26 agricultural training institutions. The initiative forms part of ...
News Benin: 'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks
The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.
News Benin: NGF chair commends Tinubu, says rollback of Benin coup In Nigeria’s best security interest
President Bola Tinubu’s deployment of Nigeria’s military assets to swiftly contain and reverse the coup attempt in Benin Republic was an exercise in the best interest of Nigeria, according to the ...
News Benin: Benin Republic sees early interest from Nigerian manufacturers on tax exemptions
Nigerian manufacturers have begun making enquiries about investing in Benin Republic, barely a month after the country launched a campaign...
News Benin: Benin Banks Post 9% Asset Growth in 2025, BIIC Expands Dominance
Total banking assets reach CFA7,586bn ($13.7bn), up 9% year on year State-owned BIIC holds nearly 25% market share with CFA1,885.86bn in assets Possible merger with Société Générale Bénin could add ...
News Benin: Diversification never hurts borrowers
Benin recognises this, and it now has access to a sukuk market that is less volatile than conventional bond markets and more resilient to external volatility. It is an umbrella for a rainy day, and ...
