By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
The Ivorian Senate unanimously adopted three bills presented by Economy, Finance and Budget Minister Adama Coulibaly, including one setting VAT at 9% and another approving a $322.5 million US compact. The texts were approved on Friday 6 November 2026 before the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee, Linfodrome reports.
Ivorian MPs from the CAEF unanimously adopted, on 4 November 2026, two bills on banking regulation and tariff dismantling with the European Union. The texts aim to modernise the financial system and strengthen trade with Europe, according to 7info.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: 7info ·
Ivorian Finance Minister Adama Coulibaly calls for continued reforms to combat financial crime after Côte d’Ivoire’s removal from the FATF grey list. He says the decision will reduce the country’s reputational risk and facilitate transactions, according to the Ivorian Press Agency.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
Zambian Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane presented a 2027 budget of 284.8 billion kwachas, up from 253 billion in 2026, with VAT rising from 16% to 16.5% and a 39.5% tax rate above 37,000 kwachas a month. The plan also includes a tax on mobile money transactions and 3,125 health sector recruits, according to News Diggers.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: News Diggers ·
Ivory Coast's National Civil Protection Office and UNDP on 5 November 2026 raised awareness among pupils at two school groups in Grand-Bassam about risk prevention and emergency management. The campaign, already run in secondary schools, is now extending to primary schools, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Ivorian regulator calls for citizen-centred digital regulationRoger Félix Adom, president of the Regulatory Council of Ivory Coast's Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority, called for citizens' concerns to be better integrated into digital regulation. He spoke on 6 November 2026 in Abidjan during the programme “L’Invité des rédactions”, according to Linfodrome.
Liberia passes 10 of 20 MCC indicatorsLiberia passed 10 of the 20 available indicators in the Millennium Challenge Corporation's 2027 scorecard, while failing 10 others, notably employment, access to credit and regulatory quality. The country nevertheless meets the programme's three overarching requirements, according to the US report cited by The Liberian Investigator.The week in Africa
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