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The development of Information and Communication technologies (ICTS) at the beginning of the 21st century led to the birth of the on-line or the broadcast media. In spite of the impact of the on-line organizations in the media landscape, this sector has difficulty to be regulated in several countries of …

The year 2014 favorably ended for the BOA (Bank Of Africa). The banking group indicated having realized a 90 million euro consolidated net profit, a 58.5 % increase with regard to the previous exercise. The banking group mainly detained by the Moroccan bank, BMCE Bank, innovates in the African countries …

Senegal has to be capable of producing the quantity of rice necessary for the consumption of its population within the next two years. President Macky Sall and his government launched on Saturday, 28th February a campaign to incite the Senegalese to use the local rice. Rice occupies an important place …

The 23rd edition of the International jazz Festival of Saint-Louis will be held from 20th to 25th May 2015. Several innovations are listed in the program this year. In press conference on Monday, Mr. Ibrahima Diop chairman of the Saint-Louis Jazz Association indicated that Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye agreed to sponsor …

Within the framework of the expansion of its network, ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, the national airline company of the Republic of Congo, will open the Brazzaville-Dakar via Bamako line on Sunday, 22nd March 2015. Bamako (Republic of Mali) and Dakar (Republic of Senegal) are two major capitals in West Africa. …

Kigali, considered as the Silicon Valley of Africa, is not the only one on the continent to willing to offer the Internet to all its population. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, has just launched the experimental phase of the « DAKAR DIGITAL CITY » project. The initiative supported by the mobile phone …

The organizers of prestigious Africa Ceo Forum dedicated to the holding of the event on the African land. After the Ivorian attempt missed because of Ebola, the promoters of the forum intend to come back on the continent. In his speech at the opening of the third edition that started …

The young Gabonese lady, Estelle Dossamou, is the initiator of « I know my country« , an educational game that allows children to know better Gabon. The new product was officially launched on 14th March in Libreville. Impressed by the capacity of children to learn by playing, Estelle Dossamou got the idea …

The third edition of Africa CEO forum started on Monday, 16th March 2015 in Geneva. A total of 800 decision-makers coming from 63 countries (among which 43 African countries) are taking part in this high-level meeting initiated by the Jeune Afrique Group, the African Development Bank and the Swiss company, …

The French-speaking reggae star, Alpha Blondy gathered on Saturday thousands of fans at the Culture palace (Abidjan / Ivory Coast). The artist decided to offer to his public, a free show as tribute to the Elephants of Ivory Coast, winners of the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations …

About forty countries working for emergence as well as about twenty institutions and heads of States are expected from 18th to 20th March at the first international conference on the emergence of Africa that will be held in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan. The announcement was jointly made on Thursday …

Beauty competitions as Miss France, Mister France, Miss International Africa, are common in France. And for the first time, a Parisian event highlighting the beauty of men native of the African continent is established. It is about « Mister Africa France« , an initiative from the Boomer Events foundation, a company specialized …

It is difficult to summarize 45 years of African music in 30 songs … Nevertheless, the African All Stars compilation lets express all the beauty and the wealth of the African music through many kinds: afro beat, afro-jazz, afro-pop, funk, rock, pop … Representing the diversity and the eclecticism of …

Initiatives are multiplied on the continent in order to involve women and girls in the jobs of information and communication technologies (ICTS) and Web development applications. Initiated by the United States Embassy in Togo, carried out in partnership with the American Corner Lomé and the E2C Togo association, the « FemaleTechCamp …

A horrible scene nearly happened on Thursday in the premises of the Ivorian Copyrights Office (BURIDA). An Ivorian artist tried to sacrifice himself by fire in front of its premises. Unsatisfied with his payment in terms of copyright, José du Bonheur decided to let it know to the BURIDA by …

The Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, wants to put order in the management of the finances of his country with the digitalization of the expenses. The president reminded on 11th March during the launching of the integrated system for the population census, the importance of e-procurement. E-procurement is a module of …

Taking the floor on Wednesday in Dakar within the framework of the Summit on higher education in Africa for the development in Africa, the former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Annan, suggested partnership between government, universities and institutions for the revitalization of Higher education in Africa, next to other essential …

A new Pan-African channel is expected on the African market. The Gabonese Eveline Accrombessi will proceed on 24th March 2015 in France to the launching of Edan (Evelyne Diatta-Accrombessi Network) that positions itself as the first Black world television network. The new channel that will be available on the Canal+ …

The of mobile telephony company, MTN Cameroon, signed on Wednesday, 11th March 2015 in Yaoundé, an agreement with the Cameroonian government for the operation of the third and the fourth generation technologies (3G / 4G) on its network. The license granted to the company, in force since 15th February 2015, …

Often criticized for doing a much commercial and Europeanized music, the famous Ivorian group, Magic Sytsem, is back with « M’ninda« , a new single extracted from their new album « Africainement Vôtre« . The song draws back the story of a young graduate in perpetual search for job in order to meet the …

After a first successful edition, the steering committee of the Emergence film festival announces the colors of the second edition that will be held from 1st to 5th December 2015 in the Togolese capital. Movie projections, workshops and conferences will fill this young African film-makers meeting. « About ten fiction short …

Set up in December 2014, the national reconciliation and reforms commission appointed Bishop Paul Ouédraogo, archbishop of Bobo – Dioulasso, as its chairman. It was at the end of the first session of the aforementioned commission held on Tuesday in Ouagadougou. The works were supervised by the dean, Joseph Kabré. …

The gesture from the Ivorian government concerning the retirement pension allowance for 300 000 FCFA per month and per artist to several « old glories » of the Ivorian culture, stays engraved in the memories of the cultural actors, particularly, the beneficiaries. Among them, Jérôme Eba Aka, one of the old glories …

The female artist Toussa honored women by winning last Saturday in Dakar during the second edition of Top Awards, the best Mixtape trophy of the year 2014. The event was organized by DJ Lamay Sène’s Bagn Lal label production. In front of professional artists whose talents are unequivocal (Dip Doundou …

The former international Cameroonian, Samuel Eto’o received on Monday in London, the European medal of tolerance awarded by the European council on tolerance and reconciliation. It is that the non-governmental organization honors the commitment of the former player of Chelsea in the fight against racism. Samuel Et’o, currently striker of …

The current managing director of the British insurer, Prudential, Tidjane Thiam is appointed at the head of the Credit Suisse by the Board of directors, indicated a communiqué published on 11th March by the Swiss bank. French-Ivorian will take function late June 2015, specifies the communiqué. The document underlines that …

The Police Inspector, Malika, in the Burkinabe television series « Super Flics« , Maïmouna N’Diaye was crowned best actress at Fespaco 2015. Last Saturday in Ouagadougou, the main actress of the movie « L’œil du cyclone » (The eye of the cyclone) dedicated her prize to all women worldwide within the framework of the …

Six African countries will benefit from the experimental phase of the « Let Girls learn » project initiated by the American first lady for girls of eleven countries of the world (Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Ghana, Moldavia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Uganda and Togo). The project will be carried out by the …

Unsurprisingly, the ranking of 20 bigger fortunes of football is dominated by both stars of the Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Africans, Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Touré, are also represented in the top 20. Untouchable on the pitch, both standard bearers of the Spanish championship, Cristiano Ronaldo (Real …

The edition 2015 of the FemaleTechCamp will be held from 25th to 28th March 2015 in the Togolese capital. Initiated by the United States Embassy in Togo in association with the American Corner Lomé and E2C Togo association, the project aims at supporting the growing interest of the Togolese for …