Senior correspondent covering West African politics and business from Lagos, Accra, and Dakar.
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BusinessA $2 billion private infrastructure deal will fund a high-speed rail network across three West African countries, marking the largest private investment in African transport this decade.
PoliticsConfidential financial documents reveal a senior advisor to Ghana's president operated a network of offshore accounts worth $45 million through shell companies in the BVI and Dubai.
OpinionA new African Development Bank report quantifies the continent's housing gap at 56 million units, growing by 4 million annually, with urbanization outpacing construction by a factor of three.