[Daba Finance] Benin's state lottery operator (BRVM: LNBB) posted a 36% fall in net profit in 2025 and the company's management was unusually candid about why: unlicensed competitors are winning.
[Daba Finance] Bank of Africa Benin (BRVM: BOAB) opened 2026 on solid ground, growing its net banking income 11% in the year to March compared to the same period a year earlier, driven by a near-19% jump in fee and commission income and an 8.5% rise in net interest margin. Net profit edged up 1% over the same period.
[ISS] How Benin's new president ensures inclusive growth, opens civic and political space and rebuilds regional ties will define his term.
[The Conversation Africa] Romuald Wadagni won the 2026 presidential election in Benin with over 94% of the vote. Wadagni, 50, is a technocrat who became an influential finance minister under Patrice Talon from 2016 until his election.
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[Daba Finance] Bank of Africa Benin posted a modest rise in net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025, but the headline masks a story of growing credit stress underneath -- bad loan provisions jumped more than 37x compared to 2024, and only a strong revenue performance kept earnings moving in the right direction.
[DW] According to provisional results, Romuald Wadagni, the election favorite, won a landslide victory in Benin's presidential election.
[RFI] Benin presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni swept to victory in the country's polls, according to provisional results, securing at least 94 percent of votes.