News Benin: Wadagni Secures CFAF 65.5B Deal With President Macron to Boost Benin Economy
Benin’s President Wadagni secures CFAF 65.5B deal during his first official visit to France. Find out how this deal will impact the economy.
News Benin: Benin pineapple exporters hope to launch exports to China
Benin, a West African country, exports its pineapples almost exclusively to France. Behind this peculiarity lies the logistical factor that confines exporters to a single export market. Edouard ...
News Benin: Benin’s Growth Surges as $2.43 Billion Annual Funding Need Shapes Its Economic Future
The African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Country Report, published on 29 July 2026, estimates that Benin needs approximately $2.43 billion annually through 2030 to accelerate economic transformation.
News Benin: Benin Is Outpacing Much of Africa, but Its Transformation Bill Is Still Rising
Benin’s economy expanded by an estimated 8.1% in 2025 and is expected to remain among Africa’s stronger performers, according to the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Country Report. However, the next phase will be harder: sustaining momentum while mobilising about $2.43 billion a year through 2030 to close infrastructure, human-capital and industrialisation gaps and turn rapid growth into broader gains in jobs and incomes.
News Benin: Benin, AIIB Agree $730M Financing Pipeline, With Transport Among Priorities
Benin and AIIB have agreed on an indicative $730 million financing pipeline for 2027-2028 covering transport, energy, food security, economic resilience and climate action. Transport projects under ...
News Benin: Benin Secures €500 Million Financing to Expand Public Services and Create More Jobs
The transaction builds on an initial financing operation completed in 2023 with support from the African Development Fund, the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank Group.
News Benin: Benin secures €500m in international financing
The Republic of Benin has secured €500 million in international bank financing backed by the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank Group. The ...
News Benin: At 10 years old, Ethereum's future is brighter than ever despite recent setbacks
The current Ethereum bull run has done a 180 from the last, fueled by institutions and digital dollars instead of meme coins and NFTs. Until very recently investors struggled to understand its purpose ...
News Benin: How to buy ethereum — and what to know before you do
Ether, the native cryptocurrency used on the ethereum platform, remains significantly more volatile than the S&P 500 for many investors. But it's no longer a moonshot — it's a foundational piece of a ...
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 ...
