West African leaders back Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu and Sierra Leone’s Bio to unlock $15bn investment pipeline

Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and co-chair of the West Africa Integration and Investment Summit (WAIIS), is working with regional stakeholders to identify projects for presentation to lenders ahead of the summit’s inaugural gathering in Sierra Leone in November, Bloomberg reported
A $49 Billion Finance Gap Is Holding Back Africa’s Women Entrepreneurs; New Initiative Targets the Missing Capital | Business

A $49 Billion Finance Gap Is Holding Back Africa’s Women Entrepreneurs; New Initiative Targets the Missing Capital
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hit back at Nigeria’s president after he blames them for Nigeria’s worsening security crisis

The three AES members summoned Nigeria’s chargé d’affaires in Ouagadougou on Thursday, August 6, to protest Tinubu’s comments, which they described as inaccurate and dismissive of their efforts against armed groups