Markets

Fifty-four markets, one reference.

Every African state, on the same page layout: the facts a reader checks first, the figures the World Bank publishes (with their year), a daily exchange rate and the day's headlines from named newsrooms.

West Africa · 8

Benin
XOF
Porto-Novo · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$24.6 bn · 2025
Population
14.8 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Burkina Faso
XOF
Ouagadougou · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$27.6 bn · 2025
Population
24.1 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Côte d’Ivoire
XOF
Yamoussoukro · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$99.8 bn · 2025
Population
32.7 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Guinea-Bissau
XOF
Bissau · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$2.5 bn · 2025
Population
2.2 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Mali
XOF
Bamako · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$30.1 bn · 2025
Population
25.2 m · 2025
1 headline today
Niger
XOF
Niamey · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$21.6 bn · 2025
Population
27.9 m · 2025
4 headlines today
Senegal
XOF
Dakar · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$37.0 bn · 2025
Population
18.9 m · 2025
3 headlines today
Togo
XOF
Lomé · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$11.9 bn · 2025
Population
8.6 m · 2025
0 headlines today

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Figures fetched 2026-08-29 16:58 UTC. Reference facts: ISO 3166 and 4217, the central bank and regulator concerned, and the regional communities' membership lists; checked 2026-08-29.