DR Congo

Tina Lobondi is a Congolese fashion designer living in London. Specialized in women high range ready-to-wear, she participated for the second consecutive season in Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Africa in South Africa a few days ago. This international meeting for stylist designers of the continent was successful for the Congolese …

Africa Top Success was reporting that the works of the Congolese, Dr. Denis Mukwege were rewarded on 21st October 2014 by the European parliament. The prize-winner of prestigious Sakharov Prize 2014 also received the congratulation messages from the United States of America. The commitment of Dr. Denis Mukwege to restore …

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) launched on Wednesday, the recruitment process for experts to deploy in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, three countries West African affected by Ebola virus epidemic, reported on Thursday RDC national Press Agency. According to ACP that quoted the Congolese ministry of …

Grand Mopao still draws attention. The Congolese artist, accustomed to police stations, was arrested on Tuesday to have chosen a nickname that Congolese police does appreciate. Koffi Olomidé made him called « Vieux Ebola » (Old Ebola) on a banner announcing his next concert. Ebola killed 50 people in DR of Congo …

He was the very first to have declared that rape is used as weapon of war during conflicts in Democratic Republic of Congo. The works of Doctor Denis Mukwege are just rewarded by the European parliament. The Congolese gynecologist was declared on Tuesday, 21st October 2014, prize-winner of Sakharov Awards. …

Equatorial Guinea horizon 2020, Togo vision 2030, Emergent Gabon… Different Terminologies but the concept is the same. African countries have been aspiring since a few years to emergence. It is moreover what justifies the holding on 18th October in Brussels (Belgium) of the first Rebranding Africa Forum. Several decision-makers from …

Africa Top Success announced it earlier to you that registrations for the edition 2014 of the music competition organized by RFI started in April. Several hundred young candidates applied to succeed to the Burkinabe Smarty (whose real name is Louis Salif Kiekieta). Le site of the French radio station just …

The recurrent unemployment problem noticed on the African continent give ideas to the young entrepreneurs. In democratic Republic of Congo (DR of Congo), Steve Nkashama proposes as solution, JobWangu, an Internet site that puts into relation companies and job-seekers. « JobWangu arose from the urge to help companies to find qualified …

The adoption of a sub-regional bank card is henceforth part of priorities of the governor for the Bank of Central African States, Lucas Abaga Nchama. During the Gimac general assembly, he reaffirmed his desire to realize this project before the end of his mandate. « We would like it becomes the …

The river trade between Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) can soon start again. It is what emerged from a meeting on 19th September 2014 between both Heads of states, particularly Denis Sassou Nguesso and Joseph Kabila. As reminder, this business was interrupted since last April further to …

The American star of Senegalese origin, Akon is multiplying actions in favor of his continent of origin. « The Ghetto child » is since Friday in Democratic Republic of Congo where he has been participating in Goma in the celebration of the international peace day. Placed under the theme « right of peoples …

The works of the 3rd edition of the « Oil and Gas » Forum are opened on Wednesday in Kinshasa by the Minister of Hydrocarbons Crispin Atama. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Atama presented the oil and gas potential of the DR of Congo through its three sedentary ponds for sure oil …

Serge Kakudji is a 26-year-old Congolese specialist of opera (tenor) who aims at Africanizing this musical genre kept for the West for a long time. He is on leaves in Kinshasa where he seizing the opportunity to organize training workshops towards the enthusiasts of this music considered elitist in Africa. …

Enjoyment in the families and for the close relations of the 272 Congolese prisoners released thanks to the amnesty law promulgated by President Joseph Kabila on 11th February of this year. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a press conference by Lambert Mende (photo), the Minister of Media and …

Introduced by the « Unique star Media » production company, Congolese and Nigerian musicians made show on Thursday, 28th August at Tata Raphaël stadium of Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the organizers, the idea is to valorize the African music in its diversity. Wenge Musica, Werrason’s parent company thus …

The Congolese film-maker, Toko Diangani Watezwa proceeded on 22nd August 2014 to the official release of his full-length film « Le Sida est une réalité » in South Africa. As its title indicates it, the movie of 90 minutes makes sensitive on the HIV / AIDS with a particular touch. The director, …

Peace in Africa is the dream of all Africans as well as their leaders and actors continue mobilizing so that this peace reigns over the continent and to be sustainable. It is in this perspective that an international day of peace was introduced by the British director, Jeremy Gilley, creator …

The studies of the oil company, Oil of DRC revealed the presence of an oil tank considered at 3 billion barrels on the Lake Albert. The next stages aim at starting the preparations for the drilling of the two exploration pits on the working site by the building of infrastructures …

Africa is the continent that has the lowest rate access to electricity whereas its fossil and renewable energy resources are colossal. According to a report from the World Bank published in 2013, 1, 2 billion individuals in the world live without electricity. One third of them are concentrated in twenty …

It is important to regularly consult the balance of one’s bank account in order to always arrange necessary cash flow and avoid slipping into the red.   Today, it is henceforth possible in Africa to manage on-line the most common bank transactions from a smartphone or a tablet, this, thanks …

Native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amini Kajunju (43 years old) has been since 2012, the first African lady to take the management of Africa-America Institute (AAI), the oldest American organization that promotes relations between Africa and the USA. The Congolese managed during 10 years, the Workshop in Business …

It was in control of a tractor pulling a manuring system that the Head of State, Joseph Kabila, inaugurated last Tuesday, the site of Bunkanga Lonzo, about 220 km in the East of Kinshasa. It covers 75.000 hectares.   The government eventually plans the launching of 20 agro-industrial parks to highlight …

Kinshasa, the capital town of the Democratic Republic of Congo lived on Friday evening, a particular atmosphere. It was on the occasion of an evening exclusively dedicated to artist musicians, writers, film-makers as well as cultural promoters, forgotten for a long time. They were on the whole 74 Congolese actors …

For a long time considered as being an « area of turbulence« , the city of Goma in the North-Kivu (DR of Congo) has been welcoming since Friday and this until 13th July, the 9th edition of Salaam Kivu International Film Festival (SKIFF). On the agenda of this big meeting, training workshops, …

« Lumumba was also a hero for Africa. He is an inspirer for the Congolese and all the Africans« . These words are of Martin Kobler, head of mission of the United Nations Organization in Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco). Mr. Kobler made this statement on Thursday, 3rd July, outside the remembrance …

According to the United Nations, 3.635 people among whom a very great majority of women were victims of sexual violence in DR of Congo between January 2010 and December 2013. In order to bring a psychological, sanitary and economic help to these women having survived  from « sexual assaults or based …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has its film festival. The first edition of the International Film Festival of Kinshasa (FICKIN) will open its doors on 27th June in the Congolese capital town. The Interchange of Limete, one of the places of interest the most appreciated in the city is chosen …

The Congolese singer Lokua Kanza is celebrating his 20 years of career in Kinshasa. At the age of 56 years old, he so belongs into the group of great big artists having completed 20 long years of career of music with melodies that made world tour. To celebrate the event, …

The Ivorian athlete Murielle Ahouré is the distinguished guest of the 18th meeting Gabriel Tiacoh that will be held on 26th April 2014 at Félix Houphouët Boigny stadium (Ivory Coast). The silver double medal-holder of 100 and 200m in world championships 2013 was welcomed on Tuesday evening in Abidjan by …

The Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete succeeded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, and Ghanian former president John Kuffor by winning African leader prize 2013 « having impact the most ». A prize awarded last week by « African Leadership » magazine. It was Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, Bernard Membe, who …