Over the period 2017-2019, cotton production increased by 13.4%, i.e. a record production of 678,000.3 tonnes achieved during the 2018-2019 crop year compared to 597,573.2 tonnes during the 2017-2018 crop year. This performance has enabled Benin to b...

CLEMENT NDIAYE, GENERAL MANAGER OF ABCO BOURSE THE WAMU GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MARKET: ITS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, ITS STRATEGY FOR ATTRACTING INVESTORS AND ITS GROWTH PROSPECTS IN THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH CONTEXT The stock brokerage company A...

ANOUAR HASSOUNE, Chairman & CEO OF WARA “COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND EUROPE, WE ARE THE LEAST INDEBTED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.” CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF WEST AFRICA RATING AGENCY (WARA), A FINANCIAL RATING AGENCY BASED IN DAKAR, MR. ANOUAR...

SERGE EKUE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (BOAD)   1. Can you introduce Serge EKUE, President of WADB, to our readers?   I was appointed on August 18, 2020, by the WAMU Council of Ministers, after the favorable opinion of the Ass...

Like other regions of the world, economic activity in the WAEMU zone in 2020 was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of January 26, 2021, the Union reported 85,791 confirmed cases, including 1,506 deaths, and 10,723 active cases. Even th...

From November 24 to 25, 2020, UMOA-Titres is a WAEMU Sponsor at the world’s largest virtual pan-African debt event. As the continent adjusts to the new normal, this online event will connect over 700 leading government officials, regulators, investor...

The 9th edition of Bonds, Loans and Sukuk Africa 2020 will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 10 to 11, 2020. This continent’s only pan-african debt event, will be the place for UMOA-Titres (UT) to work towards achieving one of its major go...

The Agence Umoa-Titres will be involved, for the 3rd time, in Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020, an upcoming event on March 10-11 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. Focused on the African debt market, this is one of the very few events which brings ...