The world music star, Rihanna has just announced on her Facebook page, a surprise tour in Southern Africa and in the Indian Ocean. And it will be huge because this show is considered as the musical event of the year in this region of Africa. The artist with 81 …
Voir Plus »Kenya: Barack Obama, finally at home!
The US President, Barack Obama will go to Nairobi in July for the first time since his election in 2008 at the head of the first power of the world. The visit of Barack Obama is historic because Kenya is the native land of his father. The next travel of …
Voir Plus »Gabon: the first country to host a world telecoms Colloquiums
Libreville, the Gabonese capital welcomes from 8th to 11th June of this year, the 15th World Conference International Telecommunications. The announcement was made on Tuesday, 31st March in Libreville by Andrew Mugege, Manager Africa of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The event that is co-organized by the ITU in partnership …
Voir Plus »Nigeria: And the president is…Muhammadu Buhari
The suspens will not last long. The first results of the presidential election in Nigeria give Muhammadu Buhari winner. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) arrives first with 53,24 % of the votes in front of the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan (45, 67 %) according to figures published …
Voir Plus »Business: DR Congo organizes the second edition of Katanga Business Meeting
From 28th to 30th May 2015, the Katanga Business Meeting, the company fair in Lubumbashi will be held for its second edition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Katanga Business Meeting (KBM), http: // www.katanga-bm.com, the most important business meeting of the region, is held in DRC, a …
Voir Plus »Odette Yao Yao: the Ivorian diplomat evokes the power of women
In Africa, the participation of the women in the decision-making authorities and process is still low. Yet, African women have the potential to be valued. They have the capacity of occupying decision-making posts which are considered as the privilege of the men. It is what Odette N’Guessan Yao Yao, Ambassadress …
Voir Plus »« Africa Tomorrow »: Edem Kodjo republishes his premonitory book
The troubles of the African continent raised by the Togolese former Prime Minister, Edem Kodjo thirty (30) years ago in the book « Africa Tomorrow« , are still topical. It is partially the reason that urged the author to republish the work at the Nei-Ceda Editions. In press conference on Monday, 30th …
Voir Plus »Josiane Ki: the Miss who has succeeded in promoting Burkina Faso
Josiane Ki was crowned Miss University 2015, a beauty competition that henceforth acts as Miss of the Faso. Between fashion show and dance, 18 candidates coming from various universities, high schools and secondary schools of Burkina, competed in beauty, elegance, charm and skills. It was during a prestigious evening which …
Voir Plus »Lupita Nyong’o: the Kenyan star shooting in Uganda
The Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o has been staying since some few days in Africa. The Hollywood star will play in the movie « The Last King of Scotland » that will be shot in Uganda. The movie by the Indian director, Mira Nair, tells the story of Phiona Mutesi, a shanty girl …
Voir Plus »Africa: Call from young leaders for a new economic model
The third edition of the Africa-China Young Leaders Forum came to an end on Sunday, 29th March 2015 in Arusha (Tanzania). Co-organized by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM, party in power in Tanzania) and the Communist Party of China (CPC), the meeting was placed under the theme « Friendship, cooperation …
Voir Plus »Demonstration against terrorism: «Tunisia is stronger than you»
The international community marched last Sunday in Tunisia against terrorism. The solidarity of the heads of States and governments (of France, Gabon, Palestine, Algeria and Italy) expressed during the demonstration, is further to the attack of the Bardo museum which caused 22 deaths. They were thousands to take part in …
Voir Plus »Gabon: Modernisation de l’administration avec un centre d’information
Gabon opened on Thursday, 26th March 2015, the Gabonese Administration Information Center (CIAG). The new infrastructure will allow the Gabonese of getting information related to administrative formalities without moving themselves. The launching ceremony took place in Libreville. The National Digital Infrastructures and Frequencies Agency (ANINF) modernizes the Gabonese administration with …
Voir Plus »Femua 8: Launch of the festival in Abidjan
After the launch in Paris of the eighth edition of the Urban Musics Festival of Anoumabo (Femua), A’salfo (Salif Traoré), the vocal leader of the Magic System group and his staff did the same exercise last Friday in the Ivorian capital. Placed under the theme « Integration and reconciliation of peoples« , …
Voir Plus »Gulli Africa: the new youth channel for Africa
Gulli Africa is the new youth TV channel by Lagardère Active in French language intended for the African continent televiewers. Launched on 25th March 2015, it is exclusively available in the packages of the Canal+ for the “Evasion” formula and broadcast in 22 countries in the sub-Saharan and French-speaking Africa. …
Voir Plus »A Lamp for Africa: A project to relieve pupils in Burkina Faso
With the success of the first two phases, the phase III of the « A lamp for Africa » project was launched last Thursday at the public primary school of the village of Guesna in the municipality of Boussé, province of Kourwéogo (region of the central plateau). It covers January 2015 to …
Voir Plus »Ricardo Vita: Head-hunter and champion the republican diversity
Ricardo Vita is a French-Angolan. Born in 1979, he followed studies in in letters and languages and then obtained a postgraduate diploma in International Commercial Negotiation in Sorbonne. He is today an international head-hunter within the Robert Walters cabinet, world reference of specialized recruitment. Since a few years, he is …
Voir Plus »Africa: Mobile Banking will weigh about 900 billion FCFA within 4 years
According to a study published by the strategy consulting international cabinet, BCG (Boston Consulting Group), while the Africans will use their mobiles to pay their invoices or send money to their close relations, the Mobile Banking prosperous market could reach a value of 1.5 billion dollar within 4 years. The …
Voir Plus »Cameroon: the first Cardiopads available soon!
According to the daily paper, Camer24, the first 100 cardiopads will be soon available. This news would have come from Arthur Zang, designer of the tablet during the conference « Youth as solution » in Douala. Cameroon counts about thirty cardiologists for 20 Million inhabitants. The situation in rural zones is rather more …
Voir Plus »International day of the Francophony: Yennenga seduces at the UNESCO
On the occasion of the International Day of the Francophony celebrated every 20th March, and the World Storytelling Day, the head office of the UNESCO in Paris hosted on Monday, 23rd March 2015 an evening of the French-speaking storytelling entitled « Paroles partagées » (Shared Words) During this evening, tales were presented …
Voir Plus »Tanzania: Villages light up thanks to solar energy
The initiative is much praiseworthy and will allow lighting up the face of people of several places of Tanzania. It is about an electrification project of far distant zones thanks to the solar energy produced outside the national distribution network. For the experimental phase, about ten villages are selected and …
Voir Plus »Togo: Opening of a new power station
Power cuts have become recurring since a few weeks in Ghana and Togo. Ghana, big supplier of the sub-region, is no more capable of providing for the need of its own population. It is the reason why Accra lives in darkness several hours daily. In Togo, the problem of lack …
Voir Plus »ECOWAS: John Mahama calling for peaceful elections in Nigeria
The Ghanaian president, John Dramani Mahama, also the serving chairman of the ECOWAS, expressed on Monday, 23rd March 2015, his wish to see elections taking place in peace in Nigeria. He made this declaration at the end of a meeting with all the stakeholders in these elections, namely the outgoing …
Voir Plus »Lassana Bathily: the hero of Hyper Cacher honored in the USA
Honors for Lassana Bathily who deserves them. We should remind that this young Malian saved several customers during the hostage-taking of the Hyper Cacher supermarket in France. More than two months after the hostage-taking at Porte de Vincennes in France, the « hero » received the medal of courage of the Simon-Wiesenthal …
Voir Plus »Energy and Mines in Ouaga: 3000 participants expected at SEMICA 2015
The 4th edition of the International Fair on Energy, Mines and Quarries (SEMICA) will be held from 28th to 30th May of this year in the Burkinabe capital with Sweden as guest country of honor. About 3000 participants coming from 50 countries are expected in this first West African meeting …
Voir Plus »Female TechCamp 2015: Opening of the works in Lomé
As announced by Africa Top Success, the edition 2015 of the Female TechCamp opened on Wednesday, 25th March 25th 2015 at the University of Lomé. Initiated by the E2C Togo Association in partnership with the US Embassy in Togo, the meeting will allow about fifty participants of being interested in …
Voir Plus »Choco Togo: Discovery of the first Togolese chocolate producer
As reported earlier by Africa Top Success, an important delegation composed of Italian media professionals have been staying in the Togolese capital within the framework of the realization of a series of documentary movies about the production of the Togolese chocolate. The CHOCO TOGO cooperative is the first processing structure …
Voir Plus »Canal+: launch of new TV and Web offers in Africa
The Canal+ group continues its policy of consolidating its offer towards the sub-Saharan Africa by proposing to its subscribers, a new service to watch its programs in mobility. After A+ launched in October 2014, the French group proceeded on Tuesday to the launch of 25 new channels that come to …
Voir Plus »DEMO AFRICA 2015: applications opened for the African start-ups
New starting for DEMO Africa, the platform that connects the African start-ups to the world ecosystem, and applications for the edition 2015 are opened until next 31st May. Start-ups that would like to participate in the event can submit their application file on https://vc4africa.biz/demo-africa/. The applications will be examined by …
Voir Plus »Expert-femme.com: For more women in the African civil services
For a better representation of women in decision-making offices in civil services, companies and non-governmental organizations in Africa, the Web site, www.expert-femme.com platform is just launched. The site allows qualified women directly submitting their Curriculum vitae and modifying them freely at any time. The platform aims at being as an …
Voir Plus »Togo: Possible postponement of the presidential election 2015
The date of 15th April 2015 chosen by the Togolese government as the holding of the presidential election could be revised within the next hours. The serving chairman of the ECOWAS conference of the heads of States and governments, Dramani Mahama, made on Tuesday at the end of his stay …
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