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    Aanu Adeoye

    West Africa correspondent

    Aanu Adeoye is the west Africa correspondent for the Financial Times based in Lagos. He covers politics, business, technology and economics in the Ecowas member states and central African countries, with a particular focus on Nigeria.

    He joined the FT in 2022 after completing a fellowship at Chatham House, where he researched Russia-Africa relations. Previously he was an editor and reporter in South Africa and Nigeria.

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    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Nigeria
      Economy and insecurity top agenda for Nigeria’s new president

      Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday

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    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Nigerian businesses overcome woes to lead FT-Statista ranking

      Fast-growing companies thrive despite high inflation, chronic shortage of dollars and difficulties accessing foreign investment

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      InterviewNiger
      Niger president defends French involvement in Sahel region

      Mohamed Bazoum says Paris’s counterterror efforts have been unfairly maligned because of anti-western ‘propaganda’

    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Ghana’s economy became a cautionary tale for Africa

      The decline of a regional champion rings alarm bells for other countries on the continent that overspent when debt was cheap

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso calls Russia an ally amid fight against Sahel insurgents

      Interim leader Ibrahim Traoré insists Wagner Group is not engaged in fighting Islamic terror threat

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Central banks
      Nigeria’s $53bn central bank debt restructuring

      Second time lucky

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Ghana
      Ghana’s government to stop borrowing from central bank

      ‘Zero financing’ agreement deal with finance ministry helps pave way for $3bn IMF bailout

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Sudanese refugees pour into Chad

      Google advertising bounces back with return to revenue growth

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      News in-depthAfrica
      Sudan crisis threatens to bring fresh turmoil to neighbouring Chad

      Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees have already crossed into a country gripped by its own political crisis

    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      Demographics and population
      India passed China as world’s most populous country in April, UN says

      Country’s population set to grow for several decades, while the number of people in China declines

    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      IMF calls on African nations’ creditors to step up debt relief efforts

      Fund’s regional chief says a ‘Gleneagles-like moment’ is required to agree desperately needed reforms

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Medical science
      Oxford malaria vaccine wins first regulatory approval from Ghana

      Research found booster dose of R21 showed efficacy as high as 80% in one group, and 70% in another

    • Monday, 10 April, 2023
      Ghana
      Ghana’s bilateral creditors set to clear way for $3bn IMF bailout

      Accra’s finance minister is optimistic foreign governments will agree on debt relief deal

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      News in-depthThe Gambia
      Gambia’s ‘baby democracy’ struggles to take root as disillusionment deepens

      President Adama Barrow has failed to trigger political and economic renewal after ousting autocratic Yahya Jammeh

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso suspends France 24 news channel over terror leader interview

      Giving air time to the head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb legitimises ‘hate speech’, says west African nation

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Digital currencies
      Central banks’ digital currency plans face public backlash

      Policymakers’ attempts to take on cryptocurrencies and other payment rivals are coming up against resistance

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      News in-depthPharmaceuticals sector
      Gambian child deaths fuel alarm over rules in ‘world’s biggest pharmacy’ India

      Scandal spurs questions about quality control at Indian companies and regulatory oversight in poorer countries

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      OutlookNigerian elections
      Nigeria’s elections show the youth vote counts

      The two main parties have dominated politics for two decades but Peter Obi gathered a cult following as a surprise outsider

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      Nigeria’s new president inherits fragile nation

      Youthful west African country with dysfunctional economy presents vast challenges for winner of closely-run vote

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      ‘Godfather of Lagos’ wins tightest Nigerian presidential election in decades

      Opposition alleges irregularities in counting and calls for rerun

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Goldman’s big bet

      Nigerian opposition parties call for an election rerun

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      Tinubu leads disputed Nigerian vote as opposition calls for election rerun

      Anger directed at the Independent National Electoral Commission over long delays in collecting results

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      Nigeria’s vote count marred by delays as electoral body faces criticism

      Only a third of results made public two days after closely fought presidential election

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      Nigerians go to the polls in closest-run vote in country’s democratic era

      Three candidates have a realistic chance of winning election but the count could take several days to compile

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
      Tinubu camp remains confident despite setbacks in bid for Nigerian presidency

      Ruling party candidate retains ‘slight edge’ ahead of this weekend’s vote thanks in part to a powerful electoral machine

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