AFRICA – Côte d’Ivoire, Togo and Burkina Faso among the examples of fiscal transparency...
As part of its 2021 Budget Transparency Report, the US Department of State has taken into account 141 countries around the...
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...
CAMEROON: The country institutes a “quality premium” for cocoa producers.
he Cameroonian Minister for Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, announced by circular letter the institution, as of the 2017/2018 campaign launched last Friday In...
NIGERIA: Aliko Dangote wants to buy London club Arsenal in 2021.
Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, very attached to his Arsenal team, would like to buy the club at the end of these...
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...
SENEGAL : Schengen area: Senegal still “undesirable”
On 30 July the Council of Europe reviewed the list of countries in respect of which its Member States should progressively lift travel restrictions...
BENIN: The price of shea nuts is set at 100 CFA francs per kilo.
The council of ministers of 6 September ruled on the value of shea nuts. The price per kilogram is set at 100 CFA...
GUINEA: Beny Steinmetz sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Geneva Criminal Court
The case dates back to 2008 when the Franco-Israeli businessman was awarded Blocks 1 and 2 of Simandou by Lansana Conté,...
SENEGAL – TER DE DAKAR: Deficit, Sncf Tone Down
A year after its inauguration, the TER is well behind its financial goals but also its attendance. A year ago, the...
GHANA – Africa Data Centres announces construction of new 10 MW facility in Accra
Accra will host the construction of a new 10WM facility. The announcement was made by Africa Data Centres, the largest network...
SENEGAL – 511.3 billion CFA francs in savings and 677 billion CFA francs in...
The Senegalese Minister of Microfinance and Social and Solidarity Economy chaired, this Thursday, July 27, 2023, the 27th meeting of the...
SENEGAL: Self-sufficiency in rice on track.
For the achievement of self-sufficiency in rice in 2017 Senegal is on the right track, said the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Papa...
GABON: Funding to preserve tropical rainforests.
In the fight against climate change, Gabon will become the first African country to receive international funds to prevent deforestation. Funding from Norway over...
RWANDA – Kwita Izina 2022: 20 baby gorillas baptized
Sauti Sol! Gilberto Silva! Naomi Schiff! Youssou Ndour! Didier Drogba!... Here are some names of the personalities who took part this...
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....
IVORY COAST: BJKD Award Winners for Young Entrepreneurship Known.
The BJKD prize for young entrepreneurship was launched on 02 September 2017, with more than 847 participants at the start. 10 entrepreneurs were selected...
RD CONGO – Invest in African Energy Forum Paris: The exploration potential of DRC...
Minister Ntubuanga to highlight Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) exploration potential at Invest in African Energy Paris. Following the allocation of...
NIGERIA – the authorities will launch the eNaira this Monday 25 October
After banning cryptomonay transactions last February, Nigeria announced in August its partnership with Bitt Inc, a fintech based in Barbados, to...
SENEGAL – EESC: Idrissa Seck decrees austerity in his cabinet
Idrissa Seck takes a sober approach to the Social and Environmental Economic Council (EESC). The former Prime Minister, who has been in...
SENEGAL: Thione Niang builds an agricultural institute
Social Entrepreneur Thione NIANG builds the Institute of Agriculture and Leadership. it brings together two major pillars of development: agriculture and...
SENEGAL – France has suspended a debt of FCFA 13.7 billion
Debt Suspended but not cancelled! The Minister of Finance and Budget, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, and the Ambassador of France to Senegal,...
IVORY COAST – Fighting Corruption: The First World Bank Anti-Corruption Alliance (ICHA) Forum in...
Abidjan, The efforts of Côte d'Ivoire under the leadership of the Head of State, Alassane Ouattara, in the fight against corruption...
SENEGAL – Tysilio inaugurates a solar station near Sédhiou in Casamance
Tysilio Senegal, a subsidiary of the French group, has just inaugurated the 39.68 kWp Tysilio solar station (TSS) in Sefa, near...
SENEGAL: The rails soon rehabilitated.
The Minister of Transport, Oumar Youm, announced this Friday January 10, 2020 the execution of 13 structuring projects which will link all the national...
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...
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,...
AFRICA – AfDB’s Fashionomics Africa Initiative Launches $6,000 Sustainable Fashion Contest
The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative is launching a new sustainable fashion competition with its partners. African designers of sustainable and...
MADAGASCAR – Imports of milled rice increased 18% to 744,846 tonnes in 2022
Madagascar is the third largest paddy producer in Africa behind Nigeria and Egypt. The country targets self-sufficiency in milled rice, but...
[HYDROCARBONS AND MINES] – Senegal ranked 1st in Africa for its good management of...
Senegal was chosen by the 2021 Natura resource governance (Nrgi) Good Governance of Natural Resources Index as the leading country in...
SENEGAL – Oil and gas exploitation will yield a revenue of 753.6 billion CFA...
The Multiannual Budget and Economic Programming Document (Dpbep) 2024 - 2026, reviewed indicates that the expected revenues from the exploitation of...
SENEGAL – Senegalese astronomer Maram Kairé enters the country’s history
The International Astronomical Union gave the name of the Senegalese astronomer, Maram Kairé, to an asteroid in the belt of asteroids...
SENEGAL: Dieynaba N’Diaye : ” Entrepreneurship is to have a conviction, courage and...
Dieynaba N'Diaye is a 36-year-old Afro-descendant woman of Senegal-Mauritanian parents. She was born and raised in the east of France. This mother of an...
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,...
CAMEROON: Actis injects 80 billion FCFA in tourism.
The British investment fund Actis announced the launching, in November 2017, of the construction of a tourist center in Douala, the economic capital of...
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...
