the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a downgraded its growth forecasts for the Economic Union and West African currency (UEMOA) at 5.9% against 6.3% initially expected. The information comes from the IMF report on the economic outlook and regional, published on Thursday, October 16, 2025.

line-height: 107%; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif"> Last April, the IMF had projected growth at 6.3% in UEMOA. For its update, He revised his estimates downwards while the zone shows a good growth dynamics in recent months. Indeed, the IMF report Benin will record the strongest growth at 7% compared to 6.5% previously. The Senegal, for its part, is seeing its forecasts revised downwards, from 8.4% to 6%. %. Niger and Côte d'Ivoire will record respective rates of 6.6% and 6.4%. Togo, for its part, observed growth down to 5.2% against 5.3 per cent, closely followed by Guinea-Bissau, whose rate remained unchanged at 5.1 per cent. Mali and Burkina Faso will have rates estimated at 5% and 4%.

These revisions are in force in a context where economic activity in the zone remains robust in recent months, driven by the dynamism of domestic demand and progress in several key sectors, including services merchants, financial institutions, the buildings and public works (BTP) sector, as well as only through the growth of various primary sectors. Benin, whose growth in second quarter 2025 reached 7.6% compared to 6.7% in the same period of the previous year, as well as Senegal, which recorded growth of 12.1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, a good illustration of this dynamic.