West-Africa

Africa and the Caribbean Just Got a Direct Flight. They Also Got a Shared Health Question.

Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC

*A new direct West Africa-Caribbean corridor lands at the same moment the WHO maintains a Public Health Emergency over Ebola in Central Africa. The two facts now sit together in regional discussion.*

Ghanaian cedi weakens 22.7% year-on-year against the naira as West Africa FX shifts

GHS-to-NGN at 118.65 today, down from 145+ a year ago. For Ghanaian and Nigerian diaspora sending money home or moving between the two economies, the corridor math has shifted materially in 2026.