Despite the difficult security environment, Burkina Faso experienced sustained economic growth between 2016 and 2019 with an estimated average growth rate of 6.1%. With the advent of COVID-19, the economy of Burkina Faso has been resilient and dynami...

As the second largest economy in terms of GDP in the WAEMU area, Senegal remains a model of democracy and economic emergence in Africa. The Senegalese economy has experienced remarkable growth in recent years thanks to the implementation of the PSE, ...

Benin has one of the strongest economic growth rates in the WAEMU area with an estimated growth rate of +7.2 % in 2021, an increase of +3.4 percentage points compared to 2020. Despite the exogenous shocks linked to COVID-19 affecting some key sectors...

After a slowdown in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Togolese economy grew by 5.5 percent in 2021. The recovery of economic activity in Togo should be consolidated in the medium term with a real growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that should reach ...

The WAEMU’s largest economy by the size of its gross domestic product (GDP), Côte d’Ivoire remains one of the most dynamic economies in sub-Saharan Africa with growth estimated at 7.4% in 2021. Despite an unfavorable economic situation in...

Guinea-Bissau has recovered its pre-COVID-19 economic momentum with real GDP growth estimated at 6.4% in 2021 after 1.5% a year earlier. The political stability observed and the willingness of the authorities to put good governance and the restoratio...

As one of the world’s Top 5 uranium-producing countries, Niger is giving itself the means to become one of the most business-friendly countries in the West African sub-region. The World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report notes that the country h...

Le Marché des Titres Publics est l’unique marché régional, par adjudication, exclusivement dédié au financement des États membres de l’UEMOA. Les émetteurs souverains sollicitent, à travers des procédures adaptées, l’émission de titres publics souscr...

Growth in the WAEMU zone is estimated at 6.0% in 2021 against 1.8% and 5.8% respectively in 2020 and 2019, while all the economies of sub-Saharan Africa grew by an average of 4.5 % in 2021 after a recession a year earlier. WAEMU remains one of the mo...