DR Congo

In Cameroon, Françoise Foning’s success-story (born in 1949) is known of all. From nothing, this former employee of a municipality of Douala (Cameroon) decided to take her fate in hand in creating in 1967 the restaurant « New style », her very first company. She afterward created a transport company with two …

27 African countries were in reflection from 31st March to 1st April in Abidjan to find sustainable solutions to employment problem of young people. Introduced by inter-country quality pole in the domain of technical and professional skills development in association with the Association for Education Development in Africa (ADEA), this …

« Convergence at the time of African emergence » is the theme of the fourth Africa IT and Telecom Forum that gathered in Abidjan on 27th and 28th March, professionals of sectors of Technological Innovation and Telecommunications coming from all over Africa. The 200 participants in the forum thought about the stakes …

The death of the Congolese artist King Kester Emeneya (of his real name Jean-Baptiste Emeneya Mubiala) on February, 13th 2014 in Paris, is still arousing reactions in African musical universe. Papa Wemba, one of mentors of the dead artist brought out a few days ago, « Blessure » (wound) a song to …

Africa is not lacking raw material to become a giant of renewable Energy. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Africa and renewable energies are « the way towards sustainable growth. » Conscious of the potential that the continent has, the actors working in the domain made an appointment from 24 …

Africa Top Success wishes you good week start with the mixing of the title « Happy » of the American Pharell William by Dj100proof. The voice mixing of the artist in an instrumental Happy of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti (died in 1997), gave an Afro sound so interesting as the original. Entitled …

Forbes magazine adores rankings! And having revealed a few days ago, the biggest African fortunes , Forbes is interested in the ranking of « 20 young builders of Africa of tomorrow ». At the top of the list is the Senegalese Magatte Wade , business woman of 38 years and the founder …

« If we are born African, we remain African for life, no matter the country where we live! » Cécile Kashetu Kyenge was born on August 28th, 1964 in Kambove (Congo-Léopoldville, today Congo-Kinshasa). His father, Catholic, is polygamous and she has 37 brothers and sisters in Congo! She succeeded a brilliant career …

Jessica Colaço is partnerships guiding at iHub in Kenya. She attended at Austin in Texas to South by South West (SxSW) world-famous festival dedicated to digital innovation. She is convinced that mobile is going to change everything in Africa. She said it to «Jeune Afrique magazine»: « Our main asset is …

Facebook, that just celebrated its 10 years anniversary as Africa Top Success reported, well took roots on the continent. Twitter is facing difficulties but the famous social network which allows 140 digits maxi to communicate becomes more and more successful in its turn. A recent investigation revealed that South Africa …

This event is always highly awaited and followed: Edition 2014 of AfricTalents forum will take place in Dakar on March, 21st and 22nd. The platform mobilizes the large companies which operate on the continent and the young graduates. AfricaTalents has for objective to help candidates all origins taken together, to …

They are 20 and they are less than 40 years old. They are already successful and a bright future still awaits them! The world economic forum has just revealed the list of the « young world leaders ». They were at first 214 to have aspired to this classification. 19 came from …

The Congolese nun became a legend in Africa and also in the rest of the world. She received last September the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen prize. « I was surprised because I worked without having the idea that one day I could be recognized for this work …

How much can an African Head of state can then well earn? “Jeune Afrique” magazine has just realized a very great instructive investigation: who is the best paid? The most favored? The better accomodated? Answers with our interactive map. Here is the comment of the site: « Attacking salaries and official …

The American actor and Director Ben Affleck is not only a Hollywood icon, but he also follows international current events, in particular the situation in Africa. He is known to have been particularly sensitive to the fate of Congo since some years. He believes in economic potentials of Democratic Republic …

She is known in Europe as well as in Africa. She sings, but she is especially known for her movies. Born on 29 March 1952 in Congo (Brazzaville), Laurentine Milebo, affectionately called « Mamy Laulo » was revealed to the general public by her movie « Black Micmac 2 » of the film-maker Marco …

Here is the sports program that was missing, Africa Buzz Sports! It was launched on Friday, November 8th, 2013 by Africa Top Sports.com The program is entitled Africa buzz Sports. It is coproduced with “Les Dépêches de Brazzaville” broadcast on “Télé Sud « . It is repeated on “Télé Sud” on Sunday …

Tabu Ley Rochereau, born Pascal Tabu Ley on November 13th, 1940, was not any more. This great voice of Africa was gone on November 30th, 2013 in Brussels. The emotion is lively on the continent and in all Europe today. Born in Banningville, Pascal Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu started singing at …

The emotion is lively in all Africa. A Congolese great voice, the one of King Kester Emeneya of his real name Jean Emeneya Mubiala Kwamambu, was just gone. He was born on November 23rd, 1956 in Kikwit and he went dead on February 13th, 2014 in Paris at Marie Lannelongue …

10 years already! Facebook saw the light of day on February 4th, 2004. The success of this social network is purely amazing: we count today more than 1, 12 billion users in the world. The group has just published an annual net profit of 1, 5 billion dollars (1, 1 …

The Challenge magazine just published the ten top best paid French singers in 2013. And Master Gim was part of this top 2 before Johnny Hallyday with 3.1 million income! 1 – Mylène Farmer (4.7 million) 2 – Maître Gims (3.1 miilion) 3 – Johnny Hallyday (3 million) 4 – …

He is seen as the new “Steve Jobs of Africa.” According to the famous Forbes magazine, he is listed among the 30 Top “best African entrepreneurs less than 30 years of age.” At 27 years old, Vérone Mankou is one of the young prodigies of the net in Africa! The …

Denis Mukwege is one of the famous African doctors. This son of a Congolese pastor was born on March 1st, 1955. February 3rd, 2014, he will be made honorary doctor of Catholic University of Louvain, a way of rewarding his non-conformism carried by liberty values, respect and audacity. “The savior of …

She has become a star all over the world due to her character in Rebel. Rachel Mwanza published January 9th, 2014 an explosive book on sexual violence, an evil that still affects 20 000 children in Kinshasa. A topic she knew well. Because the young Congolese actress revealed in her …