Study in West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, HA University)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, Niger, Guinea (West Africa)

West Africa

Fifteen countries form the West African region:

1. Benin (Porto-Novo)
   1. Abomey-Calavi, Djougou, Cotonou, Kétou, Parakou
2. Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
   1. Headquarters of the Hispano-African University of International Business
   2. Bobo-Dioulasso, Banfora, Dédougou, Tenkodogo, Koudougou, Kaya, Fada N'Gourma, Ouahigouya, Manga, Dori, Gaoua
3. Cape Verde (Praia)
4. Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro, Abidjan)
   1. Bouaké, Daloa, Korhogo, Man, San-Pédro
5. Gambia (Banjul)
6. Ghana (Accra)
   1. Kumasi
7. Guinea (Conakry)
   1. Kankan, Nzérékoré, Guéckédou
8. Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)
9. Liberia (Monrovia)
10. Mali (Bamako)
    1. Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Ségou, Sikasso, Timbuktu
11. Niger (Niamey)
    1. Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, Zinder
12. Nigeria (Abuja)
    1. Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna, Benin City, Maiduguri, Ogbomosho, Zaria, Ilorin, Port Harcourt
13. Senegal (Dakar)
    1. Guédiawaye, Kaolak, M'bour, Pikine, Rufisque, Saint-Louis, Thiès, Touba, Ziguinchor
14. Sierra Leona (Freetown)
15. Togo (Lomé)
    1. Kara, Kpalimé, Sokodé

E-Learning Course: Business in West Africa

Business in West Africa (E-Learning Portal of the EENI- Business School and the Hispano-African University of International Business).

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Economic Organisations in West Africa

1. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
2. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
3. West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
4. Niger Basin Authority
5. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
6. Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River
7. Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
8. G5 Sahel
9. Mano River Union (MRU)
10. The franc zone of the African Financial Community (XOF)

Professors of the Hispano-African University of International Business in West Africa.

Lysiane Gnansounou: Professor of the Hispano-African University of International Business in Benin

Professors of the Hispano-African University in Burkina Faso

Salamata Micheline ILBOUDO/DIALLO

Emmanuel Nignan

Ousséni SO

1. Rector of the Hispano-African University of International Business: Geneviève Barro
2. General-Secretary: Thierry Somda

Professors of the Hispano-African University in Guinea-Bissau

Fernandinho Domingos Sanca

Adérito Fernandes

Professors of the Hispano-African University in Senegal

Aliou Niang

Transport Corridors in West Africa.

1. Dakar-Lagos Corridor
2. Dakar-N'Djamena Trans-Sahelian Highway
3. Cairo-Dakar Corridor
4. Algiers-Lagos Corridor
5. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
6. N'Djamena-Nigeria-Djibouti Corridor

Population, ethnicities, languages and religions in West Africa

Total population of West Africa: 317 million West African

Area of West Africa: 1,5 million square kilometres (17% of the African total area)

The West African great empires: Ghana, Mali and Songhai

Mogho Naba (King of the Mossi), Source: AFP

The “colonial” languages: French, English, Portuguese and Arab

West-African languages:

1. Mandé: Bambara and Soninke
2. Songhai
3. Wolof
4. Ijo
5. Défaka
6. Ewe
7. Kwa languages
8. Dogon
9. Kru languages: Bété, Nyabwa, Dida and Néyo
10. Gur

The West-African main ethnicities:

1. Bambara
2. Bobo
3. Buduma
4. Bozo
5. Jola (Diolas)
6. Dogon
7. Gurunsi
8. Gourmantché (Gurma)
9. Hausa
10. Khassonké
11. Kanouri
12. Lobi
13. Malinke (Mandinka)
14. Mossi
15. Fula
16. Senufo
17. Soninke
18. Songhai
19. Susu
20. Tuareg
21. Toubou
22. Toucouleur
23. Wolof

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