•Stakeholders at ongoing Gender and Inclusion Summit in Abuja call for greater gender parity for sustainable development and economic transformation

•Senegalese Authorities ban the importation of Banana in order to boost local production and consumption

•Ghana’s Inflation drops to 11.5% in the month of August, surpassing end of year target of 11.9%

•Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition PPA-CI challenges President Ouattara’s fourth-term candidacy at the Constitutional Council.