AFRICA ENERGY WEEK – Africa unable to host these large-scale events
Africa has always been able to host large-scale energy events, and African Energy Week has proven that. Despite the challenges posed...
AFRICA: 5 African countries among the 20 best global economies.
In September 2019, the World Bank published the list of the 20 countries that have improved their business environment the most in the last...
ALGERIA: 1000 MW of solar power plants to be built in 2021
Algeria wants to diversify its energy mix by building 1,000 MW of solar power plants in 2021. The country plans to...
MADAGASCAR – A project to build two cable car lines before 2023
The Malagasy government has an ambitious plan to build two cable car lines before the 2023 Islands Games. The project, unveiled...
SENEGAL – TER Director-General warns people
The Regional Express Train is not like the buses of the company Dakar Dem Dikk, seems to say the general manager...
WORLD FOOD – Poor countries to cut food imports
Even if world production of maize, milk or meat is expected to increase in 2023, food imports from the poorest countries...
SENEGAL: towards a mega-plan SME.
A mega-SME action plan is being prepared. Led by the Development Agency and supervising small and medium-sized enterprises (ADEPME), the scheme will bring together...
SENEGAL: A Senegalese woman: the new World Bank Resident Representative in Burkina Faso
The new World Bank Resident Representative in Burkina Faso, Ms. Maimouna Mbow Fam, officially took office on Monday, June 1, 2020. Prior to her...
ENERGY: Oil and gas are expected to cover more than 50% of global energy...
Many countries are increasingly turning to renewable energies such as hydro, wind, solar or biomass resources to reduce their consumption of...
IVORY COAST – Transport company lays off 20% of its staff
Socotra (Société de Commerce et de Transit), is the name of one of the largest transport companies in Côte d'Ivoire. It has just...
SENEGAL – Senegal hopes to earn $30 billion over 30 years from oil fields
Petrosen Exploration & Production estimates that revenues from oil and gas exports are expected to peak in the 2030’s and then...
GUINEA – Authorities demand repatriation of mining revenues
Moussa Magassouba, Minister of Mines and Geology of Guinea, asked mining companies operating in Guinea to repatriate 50% of export earnings....
IVORY COAST: Abidjan has a new generation of taxis.
They are white and green orange colors (like the Ivorian flag) and carry the inscription Ivory Taxi, with the elephant, emblem of the country....
BENIN: Land use and transport planning: Hervé Hehomey and Paul Koffi Koffi review the...
It is by a working session held this Thursday, October 08 at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport that Paul Koffi...
GABON: A fisheries agreement with the EU
The Ganonaise authorities intend to make good use of its fishing resources to boost its economy in this context of health...
NIGERIA – Naira, which has already lost 171% of its value, is heading for...
The Naira, the currency of Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy in terms of GDP, has lost much of its value over the...
SENEGAL – Mining activities pollute water in Kédougou
The mining activities in Kedougou (eastern part of Senegal) are not without consequences. A study by Senegalese researchers published on Thursday,...
GABON: A new road Loubomo-Mougara inaugurated.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday opened the Loubomo-Mougagara road on the Tchibanga-Mayumba road in the province.
He was accompanied by Prime Minister Emmanuel...
AFRICA: The FCFA will soon become “ECO”.
The CFA zone will disappear from 2020, according to the proposals of Saturday December 21, 2019 in Abdijan by the Ivorian presidents Alassane Ouattara...
SENEGAL: President Macky Sall lifts ban on the export of peanut seeds
The President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, took the decision to lift the ban on the export of peanut...
CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Applications open for the 11th Edition of the Orange Social Entrepreneur...
Since 2011, the Orange Social Entrepreneur Award in Côte d'Ivoire (POESCI) rewards technological projects with a positive impact allowing the improvement...
SENEGAL – Alioune Tine questions the real cost of the Regional Express Train
Put into circulation on 27 December 2021 by the President of the Republic Macky Sall, the Regional Express Train continues to...
SENEGAL – Ziguinchor cut off from the rest of the worldSÉNÉGAL – Ziguinchor coupé...
It is the cross and the banner for Senegalese who want to go to the south of the country. In fact,...
CHAD: “Chad Talents” 3rd edition will be from 7 to 9 November 2017.
Under the theme "Promoting skills and self-employment in the key sectors of Chad's economic dynamism", the third edition of the Chad Talents Skills and...
Tunisia: withdrawal from the list of countries at high risk of money laundering
The European Commission (EC) has informed the Tunisian embassy in Brussels. This is the official withdrawal of Tunisia from the list of high-risk third...
BOTSWANA: Contract to purchase 2MW of electricity from coal bed methane.
Botswana is in a dynamic of energy self-sufficiency. The country now wants to put an end to electricity imports and use coal-bed...
CRYTOCURRENCIE – U.S. Federal Reserve Report Ranks Cryptocurrencies as Threats to Financial Stability
In recent months, cryptocurrencies have seen tremendous growth. As these highly volatile assets evolve, concerns about the current financial system grow....
GHANA- The country plans to pay in gold bars for its fuel purchases to...
The new measure, expected to come into effect in the first quarter of 2023, aims to halt the decline in foreign...
DJBOUTI – The country inaugurates its first wind farm
Red Sea Power (RSP) wind farm near Ghoubet Bay will provide 60 Megawatts of clean energy, increasing overall capacity by 50%...
IVORY COAST: Marie-Jeanne Igba, director of L’AgenceLL ‘Eleganz: “Observe and change our world !
Marie-Jeanne Igba is the director of AgenceLL 'Eleganz. It is a digital medium that highlights the beautiful profiles of expanded diversity and supports women's...
ALGERIA: The import of vehicles less than 3 years old put on hold
The importation of vehicles less than three years old has been put on hold but not canceled. Ferhat Aït Ali Braham...
IVORY COAST : Former slave children accuse chocolate makers
March, Nestlé and Mondelez are among the seven multinationals questioned by eight former illegal workers for “complicity in forced labour” on...
EGYPT – $2.5 billion by 2025 for seawater desalination
Egypt plans to build 17 seawater desalination units by 2025. To do this, the government, through the private sector, hopes to...
AFRICA – African Development Bank adopts new policy to denounce abuses
Bank contractors, consultants and suppliers subject to sanctions under new whistle-blowing policyOn 25 April, the African Development Bank Group launched a...
